Homeschooling

[sanantone]

Are we trying to one up here? LOL

Our stories just go to show that successful students can come out of both homeschooling and public schooling It's not a is homeschooling is better or is public schooling better question. It's a what is best for *this* student question. To use a crude example, I don't think any homeschooling parent would advocate druggie parents homeschooling their kids. Obviously public school is the best place for those students. What I do have a problem with is states that essentially bar parents from homeschooling their children because because the regulations are so tight that it makes it almost impossible to do so for most parents.

Like I said, I'm an outlier because I fall far outside the cluster. I'm even an outlier among the general population. However, I did read a study that said that poor students do not perform better in private schools except for this one particular type of private school. The researchers found that parental involvement was the most important factor. That's why you can't believe people when they say that charter schools perform better than traditional public schools. First of all, most charter schools perform just as good as or worse than traditional public schools. Second, the ones that do perform better often only admit students if they get the impression that the parent will be involved; and, they will often reject special needs students. Public schools have to accept everyone. Charter schools also have the freedom to kick out a student for not performing to their standards.