The Benefits Of Homeschooling

According to the U.S. Department of Education, an organization that promotes student achievement, stated, “In 2012, there were an estimated 1.8 million homeschooled students in the United States, which is an increase from 850,000 in 1999, when estimates were first reported”. Homeschooling is the process by which parents choose to be the teacher for all of a child’s educational growth in the home, ultimately pulling a child out of public school, another version of schooling, from which the child learns government approved criteria for their age from an appointed teacher. Homeschooling is the process by which parents choose to be the teacher for all of a child’s educational growth in the home, ultimately pulling a child out of public school,

Calvert Education, a homeschooling organization, stated, “Parents must teach a broad range of subjects. Greater freedom and flexibility requires more time and responsibility from the parent”. In contrast, homeschooling is beneficial because of its impact on a child’s education and the flexibility that comes with it. Dave Bohon, a writer for New American, reported, “...values and worldview that they choose rather than what the state chooses, stronger family relationships, and individualized education rather than a one-size-fits-all system”. This fact demonstrates that homeschooling has the most advantages because children are able to work at their own pace with subjects that they struggle with, and work ahead in subjects that they understand well. They are also able to build better relationships and learn the perspective on world wide topics that there parents agree with, rather than views that they don’t. Dave Bohon also expressed that, “...what is clear is that homeschooled kids outshine their public-schooled counterparts on just about every level”. This statement goes to show, that homeschooling is beneficial to a child’s education process due to the fact that they have provenly scored and done better with everything in and outside of school. If a child in one program is “outshining” their peer due to a different way of learning, in this case, learning one-on-one, you are

Vigilant commented, “...which finds that homeschoolers ‘‘save taxpayers at least $4.4 billion and $9.9 billion in instructional costs annually’’ (Lipps and Feinberg 2008). However, the statement is true in that Homeschooling is actually less expensive than public schools. Calvert Edu. claims that, “Purchasing bundled learning packets can help with budgeting and ultimately help reduce costs”. This quote expresses that through buying what you need for schooling in your own home, in bulk, the cost decreases and leaves more room for other budgeting necessities; essentially lessening the all in all costs of homeschooling. Calvert also stated, “ You can use vacations and other activities as part of your homeschool curriculum”. This quote communicates than rather than taking a weeks vacation and having to deal with your child’s makeup work, and also there loss of what they have been learning, one is most able to learn on the go and turn their child’s school day and all of their work into activities that interact in what one would do while on your trips destination. Therefore, homeschooling is ultimately the better choice compared to regular schooling, because of the costs and the money you would be able to