Analysis Of To Homeschool Or Not To Homeschooling

To Homeschool or not to Homeschool

Patricia Lines describes homeschooling in the abstract for her article Homeschooling Comes of Age, as “one of the most significant social trends of the past half century.” This trend has sparked debate over its effectiveness and the quality of the students it produces. Roy Lechtrek, in The Case for Homeschooling, and Lines argue in favour of homeschooling while Benjamin Gorman, in An Argument Against Homeschooling, argues against it. All three of them agree that isolation in education, whether social or academic, is not beneficial to students. They also believe that religion plays a major role in the decision to homeschool students. The differences they have are a result of their agreement on these fundamental principles of education. Disagreement is over the execution of these principles and so the common ground is often implied through their ideas of the ideal method.

Lines argues that homeschooling is a viable alternative to traditional

Lechtrek does however say that “children of parents without teacher certification did as well as those who had a certified teacher-parent.” Lines goes further to say that “a handful of studies suggest that student achievement for homeschoolers has no relation to the educational attainment of the homeschooling parent.”

They also agree that public school teachers are not the problem or the reason why they choose homeschool. According to Gorman, criticism of public school teachers “don’t stand up to real scrutiny”. Lechtrek agrees in saying that “most homeschoolers would probably argue that it is not the teachers but the system that is at