Research points to benefits of home schooling
BevK October 26th, 2006
http://www.news8austin.co…=173248&SecID=2
Homeschoolers do great. Professional teachers can’t believe it.
In response to those who say homeschooling does not prepare students for life in the real word, the NHERI reports surveys have shown adults who were home educated participate in local community service more frequently than the general population and go to and succeed in college at an equal or higher rate than the general population.
Critics of homeschooling say it is impossible for a parent to know how to teach a wide array of subjects without training.
“We are professionals,” Dianne Birdwell, a high school history teacher, said.
She responds to the idea that public schools do not teach enough about faith or religion by saying that parents need to teach their children about those subjects after school.
“We know how to teach and you need to be their parents,” she said.
