HomeSchooling in the United States

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Home-Schooling in the United States

• By Natalie Krekel

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What home-schooling consists of

• Over 2 million US children are home-schooled
• Taught at home by parents, neighbors, or friends
  of the family
• Taught in the home

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Reasons for Homeschooling

• Religious or moral reasons
• Safety, health, and social issues
• Think they could teach their children better
• Do not agree with the curriculum

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Pros to home-schooling

• One on one attention
• Families get more time together
• Subjects can be taught more in depth
• Learn what is not taught in public school
• Less distractions
• Work at own pace

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Arguments on why children should go to school

• Experience in regular activites such as sports
• Friends
• Associate with other children their age
• Social Reasons

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What Iowa is doing

• Offering support for parents of home-schooled
  children
• -Providing curriculums
• -providing books and materials
• -providing places to meet

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Continued

• Allow home-schooled children to attend public
  school for certain classes
• Allow home-schooled children to participate in
  school sports and other extra curriculars

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How do parents know what to do?

• Hundreds of websites
• Curriculums you can buy
• Programs to follow
• Groups you can join
• Magazines you can subscribe to
• Videos you can watch

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How home-schooled childred stay involved

• Field Trips
• Clubs for certain things such as science club
• Interact with other home-schooled children
• Church

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Conclusion

• Home-schooling is a trend that is growing by the
  thousands each year. It is mostly in strict
  Christian households but is starting to spread.
  Where will this trend take us in the future?