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It’s difficult to estimate the number ofyoungsters involved in home schooling where children are not sent to school andreceive their formal education from one or both parents. Legislation and courtdecisions have made it legally possible in most states for parents to educatetheir children at home and each year more people take advantage of thatopportunity.
Some states require parents or a home tutorto meet teacher certification standards, and many require parents to completelegal forms to verify that their children are receiving instruction in stateapproved curriculum.
Supporters of home education claim that itis less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education. Moreoverthey site several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthenfamily relationships, lower dropout rates, the facts that students are allowedto learn at their own rate, increased motivation, higher standardized testscores, and reduced discipline problems.
Criticsof the home schooling movement content that it creates as many problems as itsolves. They acknowledge that, in a few cases, home schooling offerseducational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, butfew parents can provide such educational advantages. Some parents who withdrawtheir children from the schools in favor of home schooling have an inadequateeducational background and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactoryeducation for their children. Typically, parents have fewer technologicalresources at their disposal than do schools. However, the relativelyinexpensive computer technology that is readily available today is causing someto challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way inferior to morehighly structured classroom education.
