Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 20, 2008 - 09:17.
As a public school elementary educator and administrator, I have known many homeschooled children. Most of the children entered at or above their expected comptetency rates and most had parents who were 100% supportive and committed to providing their children the best quality education they could find. However, not every parent chooses homeschooling because he/she thinks it provides a better education. For example, I personally know of a parent who now homeschools her middle school-aged son because she doesn't want to be charged with educational neglect. This child had horrible attendance at my elementary school and therefore was extremely behind his grade level peers. His mother gave every excuse in the book to explain his absences while he was in elementary school. My assumption is that she probably got tired of lying about his absences at the middle school. Are there homeschooling policies and regulations in place to protect the children? For example, what will happen to this child who is most likely falling farther and farther behind his grade-level peers? As far as I know, nothing happens. In the meantime, this boy rides his bicycle all day around the neighborhood and our school. The staff at my school jokingly says that it must be his "PE time." His "PE time" lasts all day long!
Homeschooling
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 20, 2008 - 09:17.
As a public school elementary educator and administrator, I have known many homeschooled children. Most of the children entered at or above their expected comptetency rates and most had parents who were 100% supportive and committed to providing their children the best quality education they could find. However, not every parent chooses homeschooling because he/she thinks it provides a better education. For example, I personally know of a parent who now homeschools her middle school-aged son because she doesn't want to be charged with educational neglect. This child had horrible attendance at my elementary school and therefore was extremely behind his grade level peers. His mother gave every excuse in the book to explain his absences while he was in elementary school. My assumption is that she probably got tired of lying about his absences at the middle school. Are there homeschooling policies and regulations in place to protect the children? For example, what will happen to this child who is most likely falling farther and farther behind his grade-level peers? As far as I know, nothing happens. In the meantime, this boy rides his bicycle all day around the neighborhood and our school. The staff at my school jokingly says that it must be his "PE time." His "PE time" lasts all day long!