What is homeschooling?

Hi Abroji, It is also available in Ireland although it is somewhat frowned upon and not as common as it is in the US. If your child is never registerd and withdrawn, you have very few problems with concerned authorities. If you with draw a child from school you may be questioned, but it is legal. No one verifies qualifications, but the childrn are expected to pass various exams through out their school years.

Home schooling is where the parents decide to educate their children at home The parents decide. It is also done in Canada as well I know the US does too Not sure why they would do it. I do some are special needs children but the others Well I just don't know In do know our school system isn't the best but I don't think I would ever want to home school I would be so afraid that my boys would have missed the experience of social skills,(gettin along with others) and other educational skills that I lack in For eg i hate Geography and History If you live in Ontario, you can breathe a deep sigh of relief. On December 12, 2006, almost a year after it had been introduced, Bill 52 passed third reading in a form acceptable to homeschoolers. So I guess they have a format to follow and hoops to jump thru before they can home school Wish I could add more wendy

I live in the US and know that homeschooling is becoming larger and larger. Homeschooling is parents teaching their students at home. Many parents who homeschool have chosen this because they did not feel the public school system was meeting the needs of their children. In most cases the parents must get the approval of the local school district and the public school will give suggestions for textbooks, supplies, activities, etc. There are many colleges and universities who now offer high school correspondence courses for parents to use when their child reaches high school age. The winner of this year's National spelling bee was a home school student. We have had some students at my school who come here and they have been homeschooled for all of their elementary schooling. What I have noticed is that they lack social skills and typically they are loners because they don't know how to interact with kids their own age. In the state of Michigan with have state tests that are offer if students want to get scholarships. These are open to home school students to come and test at their local public school.

We have homeschooled for 12 plus years. We get the books and workbooks etc and do our thing. We submit a form to the school people at the beginning of the schoolyear and it is all good. The state we live in gives parents the right to school their own children. School people do not appreciate our severe stance against the schools which are really out of whack with teaching children. The law allows us though. We just say what schooling we have and of course we are good since I was a great graduate of high school and hubby had college. We use Christian liberty and there are scannable tests etc and they issue a grade card, we also take the california achievement test to evaluate how they advance on a yearly basis. It is something to be though about and taken seriously and learn about the local laws. Some countries persecute their homeschoolers. Good luck with this.

Oh I see friend. I have heard of it for a long time now. To tell you more, my application for home schooling (online university) was approved by a university called, Almedia university in the United States, but I couldn't afford 413 dollars to register and get started. Thanks and have a nice day.

Hi abroji, I dont know much but I think it refer to students who receive education privately at home instead of going to school.

Homeschooling is the most exciting movement in education today! It's not exactly new; up until 1850 most children in America were educated at home. But the past 25 years have seen a revival in homeschooling, and now between two and three million children in the United States are learning at home

"Is this homeschooling system avilable only in the US? Is it approved by the concirned authorities.? Will the authorities veallrify the qualification of the parents before permission? Who conducts the examination? This is the first time I am hearing about this system. Please respond and give details. " I will do my best to help you. Homeschooling is simply educating children in the home rather than in a school. It was the original form of education long before schools ever existed. I know people all over the world who homeschool. So it is not only in the US. Approval varies by where you are. I am sure some places do require approval while others don't. Usually there is not any type of 'qualifying' the parent to teach. So I don't think that would factor. Usually parents provide any examinations. Some places require testing by the school board. While homeschooling is very global it really varies by where a person lives. I am sure it you put homeschooling in a search engine you would get many questions answered specifically for where you are.

You received some very interesting responses to this discussion. I have learned a lot. I knew it was possible to teach at home in Britain but not very much about it. For some isolated families it must be easier than risking their children on long trips to the nearest school and back every day.