| More and more parents are choosing to home school | | | | mentions that education was intentionally left up to |
| their children. They do so for a variety of reasons. | | | | parents by our founding fathers. There is no mention |
| Some feel they can give their children a better | | | | of it in the Declaration, Bill of Rights or the |
| education at home, that the uniform teaching | | | | Constitution of the United States. |
| methods required for classes of 30 or 40 students | | | | Farenga dates the current trend toward home |
| do not sufficiently account for each student’s | | | | schooling from the 1970’s, particularly from a |
| different learning styles and aptitudes. | | | | book called “Deschooling Society,” |
| Others home school for religious reasons, preferring | | | | written by Ivan Illich that year. You can find his article |
| to include religious information in the curriculum, which | | | | at [ which features many, such articles and resources |
| is not found in public schools. Still others prefer to | | | | for home schooling. There is also a page of home |
| inform their children about various education topics | | | | schooling jokes. Some of them are hilarious. |
| from their own point of view, rather than what they | | | | If you are considering home schooling your own |
| would receive in public schools. Some parents may be | | | | children, you can find many more resources on the |
| choosing home schooling because they fear for their | | | | web. There are articles, curriculums, stories from |
| children’s safety. We do hear many reports of | | | | other parents, textbook recommendations, school |
| violence in our schools. | | | | projects, and more. Home schooling families usually |
| Obviously, home schooling is not new. Public schools | | | | interact with other home schooling families so that |
| are really the new kid on the block. According to | | | | children do get social time with other children. They |
| Patrick Farenga, in his article “A Brief History of | | | | may get together to put on a play, practice music or |
| Homeschooling,” compulsory education, as we | | | | learn a sport. |
| know it, is less than 200 years old. He points out that | | | | It seems like there is a good chance that home |
| education used to be handled by parents, the church | | | | schooling is a trend that will only increase over the |
| and the occasional tutor for special subjects. He also | | | | coming years. Check hslda. |