ABC Office and other online resources contribute to the home school revolution.
July 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
Kaysville, UT, August 2006 -– The phrase, ”back to school” for most children means going back to the classroom, but for an increasing number of kids it means going back to the family room. The stigma of home-schooling in the U.S. has been slowly receding as more parents find success educating their own children.
Over the last decade, the number of children being home-schooled has been steadily rising. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education estimated the number of home-taught kids at 850,000. By 2005, the number grew to approximately 2 million, out of 50 million K-12 aged children.
However, critics contend that home schooling produces academically intelligent yet socially dysfunctional adults. Other criticisms include parents lack education training and impeding a student’s chance of being accepted to a reputable university.
However, over the last ten years resources have proliferated on the Internet improving the parent-turned-teacher; including: curriculum guides, course manuals, exams and textbooks. Online companies like ABC Office (http://www.abcoffice.com/scrapbook-supply.htm) supply parents with classroom equipment like laminators, paper cutters, banner stands and binding machines. Parents are also using the Internet to organize local support groups to share teaching ideas, arrange inter-group field trips and staging proms.
Home-school’s growth is partly attributed to a surge of positive publicity. In 1997, Rebecca Sealfon of Brooklyn, NY, was the first home-schooled student to win the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. In 1999, 13-year-old David Beihl, of North Carolina, won The National Geography Bee. That same year The College Board and American College Testing reported the average SAT scores for home schooled children was 1083 – 67 points greater than the national average.
Colleges and universities have adopted admissions policies for home-school graduates. Universities currently enrolling home-school alumni include the University of Miami, Michigan, and UC Berkeley.
Parents reasons for choosing to opt out of the public education system include: believing they could educate their own children better, religious reasons, and fears of children being exposed to violence, drugs, and bullies.
Here are some tips for parents considering home school:
· Successful students/parents devote at least five hours per day to schoolwork or activities.
· Home-schooling is fairly inexpensive, but a parent might quit his/her job resulting in reduced household income.
· Laminating and binding maps, charts, and handouts will increase the life of your teaching materials, saving you money.
· Both parents must agree to home-schooling to maintain consistency
· Parents must provide frequent opportunities for interaction with other children to prevent antisocial behavior.
For further information, please contact Morgan Cloward, Marketing Director of ABC Office, 1-800-543-5454.
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Over the last decade, the number of children being home-schooled has been steadily rising. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education estimated the number of home-taught kids at 850,000. By 2005, the number grew to approximately 2 million, out of 50 million K-12 aged children.
However, critics contend that home schooling produces academically intelligent yet socially dysfunctional adults. Other criticisms include parents lack education training and impeding a student’s chance of being accepted to a reputable university.
However, over the last ten years resources have proliferated on the Internet improving the parent-turned-teacher; including: curriculum guides, course manuals, exams and textbooks. Online companies like ABC Office (http://www.abcoffice.com/scrapbook-supply.htm) supply parents with classroom equipment like laminators, paper cutters, banner stands and binding machines. Parents are also using the Internet to organize local support groups to share teaching ideas, arrange inter-group field trips and staging proms.
Home-school’s growth is partly attributed to a surge of positive publicity. In 1997, Rebecca Sealfon of Brooklyn, NY, was the first home-schooled student to win the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. In 1999, 13-year-old David Beihl, of North Carolina, won The National Geography Bee. That same year The College Board and American College Testing reported the average SAT scores for home schooled children was 1083 – 67 points greater than the national average.
Colleges and universities have adopted admissions policies for home-school graduates. Universities currently enrolling home-school alumni include the University of Miami, Michigan, and UC Berkeley.
Parents reasons for choosing to opt out of the public education system include: believing they could educate their own children better, religious reasons, and fears of children being exposed to violence, drugs, and bullies.
Here are some tips for parents considering home school:
· Successful students/parents devote at least five hours per day to schoolwork or activities.
· Home-schooling is fairly inexpensive, but a parent might quit his/her job resulting in reduced household income.
· Laminating and binding maps, charts, and handouts will increase the life of your teaching materials, saving you money.
· Both parents must agree to home-schooling to maintain consistency
· Parents must provide frequent opportunities for interaction with other children to prevent antisocial behavior.
For further information, please contact Morgan Cloward, Marketing Director of ABC Office, 1-800-543-5454.
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