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Home Schooling is Gaining Popularity as School Violence Increases (Part 2)

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With the popularity of home schooling, each state now recognizes the parental right to home school and to choose the best home school curriculum for their children. Unlike 15 years ago, today all 50 states have legislation or case law governing academic standards. In most cases, attendance records don’t have to be kept, parents don’t have to be certified to teach and there’s no mandatory testing. Although having good homeschool curriculum is important, arranging for testing should be an essential part of every parents’ teaching strategy. Most schools will allow parents to have their children tested each year through the school district. Parents that choose to go this route should choose home school curriculum that reflects what the child will be tested on.

Aside from finding good home school curriculum and arranging for standard testing, one of the biggest drawbacks to home schooling is isolation. Critics of home schooling usually focus less on home school curriculum and more on the fact that these children aren’t exposed to a wide variety of people, have limited opportunity to learn to interact with others and generally develop a lack of socialization skills. In order to combat this criticism, many parents incorporate social events as part of their homeschool curriculum, such as field trips with other home school children or organized athletic activities.

For parents that believe that they can provide the best educational opportunity for their children, there are many steps they can take to address the critics. To start, choose home school curriculum that is approved by the state department of education. Arrange for standardized testing each year and ensure that the homeschool curriculum chosen reflects what will be tested. Then add some social activities and your children should be as well rounded and educated as the next.

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