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The Post examined home schooling’s surge in the U.S. Here’s what we found
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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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> Defund public schools
> Public school testing scores drop
> Parents switch to homeschooling
> Public schools get defunded even more because lower enrollment
> Public school testing score drop even more
"Why are homeschooling scores better???"
Gee, what a mystery. It's definitely illogical to support our public schools.
It's pretty clear financing schools has little to do with test scores or quality of education, or the US would consistently have the best-educated kids in the world's, since we spend so much on education.
The reality is those tax dollars are squandered on administrative pay, among other wastes.
The reality is those tax dollars are squandered on administrative pay, among other wastes.
I am well aware of the situation with the administrative pay and other shit, I have several family members in the education system. That shit needs fixed. The solution to that problem ain't education cuts. Because those cuts invariably go to teacher's payroll. The result is fewer teachers, who have higher workloads/class sizes, all with a starting pay somewhere in the range of ~$40k.
It’s pretty clear financing schools has little to do with test scores or quality of education
Do you honestly think that a teacher getting payed only $40k a year is the best of the best? Do you honestly think a teacher overloaded with children is providing the best education?
I can't find one for post-pandemic years, but here's one that has data from 2019. https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/R1831-act-homeschool-stats-2020-08.pdf#:~:text=The%20mean%20ACT%20Composite%20scores%20for%20homeschooled%20students,in%202007%20to%202.7%20score%20points%20in%202018.
Home schoolers test higher on the ACT than public schoolers.
Now for something that has nothing to with Islam or illegals or anything of the sort. Just some good news.
It ain't good news. Homeschooling fucks up children's ability to socialize, and it takes money away from our already underfunded schools.
I see you didn't read the article. There's tons of options for homeschoolers to socialize.
Also, public schools are funded through taxes, not tuition. Homeschoolers pay just as much as public schoolers, who pay just as much as childless people.
I see you didn’t read the article.
I did read it.
There’s tons of options for homeschoolers to socialize.
Socializing with your family isn't enough.
Also, public schools are funded through taxes, not tuition.
And that money gets removed from the school's already shitty fund when a child is no longer enrolled in the school.
Socializing with your family isn’t enough.
This is why I don't think you read the article. Key paragraphs:
Home-schoolers today also find a large menu of in-person programs have popped up in communities all over the country — the poll finds about 1 in 10 home-school families using microschools or learning pods, for instance. Other options include hybrid schools, where students spend part of the week at school and part at home, and charter schools, where teachers offer some support but students learn from their parents at home.
The Post-Schar School poll, conducted this summer, also found that about half of home-school parents saying their children would receive at least some instruction from a teacher or tutor this year, much higher than the 22 percent who said the same in 2019.
So you're just going to ignore the funding issue, and then point to ~10% of homeschoolers getting at best partial ability to socialize with their peers.
That's the best you can do?
I ignored your ignorant comment on removing funding when a child leaves. It doesn't even make sense.
And outside of 30 minutes lunch, when are public school kids supposed to socialize? The five minutes between classes?
Public school kids don't get as much socialization as you think. And home schoolers get more than you think.
I ignored your ignorant comment on removing funding when a child leaves. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yeah, I sure am "ignorant" about this.
And outside of 30 minutes lunch, when are public school kids supposed to socialize? The five minutes between classes?
Have you been to a public school? They socialize basically every second they're there, especially in middle/high school.
And home schoolers get more than you think.
~10% of students getting partial access to socialization in their schooling is "much more than I think"? What?
NYC is deciding to cut budgets, and isn't doing it on a strict equation. Thats A: Not tying kids to budgets, B: completely political, and C: not representative of the US.
Have you been to a public school? They socialize basically every second they're there, especially in middle/high school.
I have, spent most of my school career in public school. We didn't socialize in the middle of class. You socializing during class does explain some things. (Okay, cheap shot, but still kids shouldnt be talking during class)
NYC is deciding to cut budgets, and isn’t doing it on a strict equation.
Where did I say it was a strict equation? That's right I didn't.
It doesn't need to be for it to be the end result. Districts with fewer kids, pretty much across the board, end up recieving cuts when enrollment drops.
You socializing during class does explain some things.
I was actually the quiet kid up until about halfway through college.
We didn’t socialize in the middle of class.
Yeah they did. You're lying to yourself if you don't think children don't socialize with each other every chance they get.
And unless ever single task your kids did was single person work only, they were absolutely socializing.
Working on presentations together is socializing. Working on science experiments together is socializing. Studying in groups is socializing.
For you to have a career in public education and not realize that is really telling. It explains a lot about you. Cheap shot, I know, but still, educators should understand that socializing goes beyond goofing off.