Continued Growth of Homeschooling Creates Questions for Many Parents
Many people wonder if parents can successful teach their own children, and studies are proving that yes, they can.
The Summer 2005 issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine features a twenty-two page expanded Resource Room focusing on special education.
White Pine,TN - As homeschooling becomes increasingly popular, more people are considering home education than ever before. Taking responsibility for their children's education, however, intimidates some parents. Teaching has for years been considered something best left "to the professionals". Nonetheless, in 2002-2003, between 1,700,000 - 2,100,000 students were homeschooled in the United States alone, with a continued growth of 7% annually. Studies show that parents are successfully home educating their children and that homeschooled students are outperforming their public schooled peers on national standardized tests by 30 - 37 percentile points across all subject areas.
But who is teaching these parents how to teach their children? Are they required to have an education degree in order to teach their children? Who monitors them to ensure that they are doing an adequate job? The answers vary from state to state. Some states have much more governmental regulation than others. In his 1997 Strengths of Their Own study, Dr. Brian Ray, President of National Home Education Research Institute (www.NHERI.com) showed that the degree of governmental regulation had no significant effect on the academic performance of homeschoolers. Apparently parents don't have to be regulated into finding the best ways to educate their children. Loving and dedicated parents merely have to select from the many options available to homeschoolers now.
Homeschooling parents of today have many more resources available to them than the homeschool pioneers of the 1960s. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is a leader in providing information, support and encouragement for homeschoolers worldwide. Nancy Carter, Marketing Manager, says, "The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC, offers a wide variety of resources to meet the diverse needs of the homeschool community. From our internationally distributed print publication to our website, to our online community, HomeschoolBlogger.com, to radio and personal appearances, we cross all forms of media to bring these families insight and information." With their own magazines, talk radio shows, conferences and support groups, home educators take responsibility not only for educating their children, but also for educating themselves.
About The Old Schoolhouse Magazine:
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is the highest quality homeschool magazine on the market with approximately 200 pages per issue. The publication is distributed across North America via newsstands and subscription; international readers are serviced by volunteer coordinators and subscription.
Contact:
Nancy Carter, Marketing Manager
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC
530-889-1698
http://www.TheHomeschoolMagazine.com
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