Home School Versus Public or Private Education: Which is Better?

Parents usually ask themselves if home schooling actually works, or if public schools are such a problem, maybe working to afford private schools may be a better option for their children’s education. Parents are reasonably cautious when considering something as important as their progeny’s learning environment.

Parents can be assured that many high quality studies and research show home schooling tends to produce superior students to those in public or private schools. However, part of the results of such research can be explained that concerned parents involved in their children’s education will always produce better results regardless of the method they take.

Enough cases exist, however, to account for even genuinely interested parents; and the final answer remains that home schooling is the best choice a parent can make.

The U.S. Dept of Education sponsored a study that showed home schooled children’s test scores were exceptionally high. Even the median scores for all grades were much bigger than those students of public, Catholic or private schools. For grades one through four, average home schooled students were generally one grade higher than their counterparts in public school. By the equivalent of eighth grade, those home schooled students were generally considered four years ahead of those in public school.

A big part of those results were a consequence of public schools doing very poorly, not just that home schooling performs better. Even then, home schooled students generally surpassed students even from private schools.

The cost of home schooling is generally lower, as well. On average, public schools spend about $6,500 per student per calendar year, and private schools about $3,500 per student while home schoolers spend about $550 per student per calendar year. This doesn’t factor the time a parent spends without pay that a teacher would normally be paid for.

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Source: Associated Content

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Editor’s Comment:

Here we go! The propaganda machine is going into the high gear towards privatization od public education. The author forgot to say how brainwashed our kids will be in schools governed by corporate agendas and how much money will be transfered from public to private purse in the process. Don’t expect your government to defend the public system – as the numbers show, having children in private schools or home schooled saves a lot of money and work for your “representatives.”