Ron Paul Launches Homeschool Curriculum

[namwen]

:hurray:

Stick it public school!


RonPaulCurriculum.com

[cookderosa]

<-- off to read eagerly

[namwen]

Watching some of those videos gets me really siked!

[deucess]

BENEFITS AND COSTS A Curriculum Like No Other

"Full-year courses will begin on September 2, 2013. Not before. (Please don't write and ask for August 29. Or August 15. Or July 4. It's September 2.)" sarcasm? lol

[JBtesc]

lmao

:roflol:

[sanantone]

When I attended school (I graduated high school in this century), I learned about all of the major forms of government, and the major economic theories. This allowed me to choose which ones make the most sense. I also learned about various cultures (with the exception of World Geography where my teacher thought only European culture was important). Some people don't want their children to think for themselves.

[topdog98]

Some research on homeschooling graduates that attend college:

"Bivariate analyses showed the homeschooled students (26.5) reported a significantly higher ACT-Composite score when compared to the overall cohort (25.0), and the home educated (14.7) earned more college credit prior to their freshman year when compared to the overall population (6.0). Home-educated students (3.37) earned a significantly higher fall semester GPA when compared to the overall cohort (3.08). Further, homeschooled students (3.41) earned a higher first-year GPA compared to the overall group (3.12). Finally, the home educated (3.46) earned a significantly higher fourth-year GPA when compared to the freshman cohort (3.16). And the home educated achieved a higher graduation rate (66.7 percent) when compared to the overall population (57.5 percent)."

(Dr. Michael Cogan, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota)

For those interested, here is some research concerning those students in grade school. http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001...vement.pdf

[cookderosa]

I noticed his curriculum uses a lot of the same vocabulary as the Robinson Curriculum (which we've used for years) and sure enough, he explains that until his is fully developed, people should check out RC. (bottom of the page)http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/public/...ment52.cfm

I don't think this will be hugely popular with parents, for a number of reasons, however, I think it looks really great! I even shared his link from his archives on a sex ed "lecture" taught in a sociology class over on my FB page. In my opinion, conservative parents should absolutely 100% without a doubt strongly consider having their children test out of alllllll the social sciences and I think this is consistent with what he's teaching too.

[sanantone]

Some research on homeschooling graduates that attend college:

"Bivariate analyses showed the homeschooled students (26.5) reported a significantly higher ACT-Composite score when compared to the overall cohort (25.0), and the home educated (14.7) earned more college credit prior to their freshman year when compared to the overall population (6.0). Home-educated students (3.37) earned a significantly higher fall semester GPA when compared to the overall cohort (3.08). Further, homeschooled students (3.41) earned a higher first-year GPA compared to the overall group (3.12). Finally, the home educated (3.46) earned a significantly higher fourth-year GPA when compared to the freshman cohort (3.16). And the home educated achieved a higher graduation rate (66.7 percent) when compared to the overall population (57.5 percent)."

(Dr. Michael Cogan, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota)

For those interested, here is some research concerning those students in grade school. http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001...vement.pdf

When I have children, I might homeschool them, but I definitely will not be using a politically slanted curriculum. My goal will be to expose my children to everything. There was so much I didn't learn about minority Americans in history; and, unfortunately, Texas is taking even more minority history out of the curriculum. There was also a lot I wasn't taught about Texas history. It was like I was taught a watered-down, Disney version.

[topdog98]

When I have children, I might homeschool them, but I definitely will not be using a politically slanted curriculum. My goal will be to expose my children to everything. There was so much I didn't learn about minority Americans in history; and, unfortunately, Texas is taking even more minority history out of the curriculum. There was also a lot I wasn't taught about Texas history. It was like I was taught a watered-down, Disney version.

I think that is great that you would consider homeschooling in the future.

Minorities do often get less attention in the public schools. In the research I posted above, minority and white homeschooled students have equal reading standardized test scores (87%) while minority students in the public schools (49%) score 12 points behind white students in the public schools (61%). This research proves that this gap doesn't have to exist.