The link sends readers to site called "study finds" it says the reader is offline, and every link clicked brings it back to the same "study finds" start page. Please either fix the link or stop using this study finds site for your links. This is happening with every link that goes to study finds, and has been happening for a while.
This study misses some important points about homeschooling. Any good home school parent early on starts with teaching their children how to self educate. It's a long process, but it leaves the grown child as someone who knows how to learn on their own. This means going to college isn't just something for young people to do while they figure out their futures, which is the reality for a lot of college students. Today doing that wastes a lot of money, and puts many students into eternal student loan debt.
Families home school for many reasons, and one fairly common reason is developmental or learning disabilities. In those cases, college might not be a realistic goal for a profoundly learning disabled child. Schools can be great for children with common learning or developmental disabilities, but if your child falls outside their standard programs, it can be a long fight for little benefit. At that point, many families will move to homeschooling because cash strapped school districts can't or won't provide the services they need. My profoundly dyslexic child with a circadian rhythm sleep disorder wasn't offered help from our local school district, because she wasn't able to be awake and functioning during school hours. Homeschooling was literally our only choice. She hasn't gone to college yet, but she is looking at a getting into the trades, finding an apprenticeship, or similar.
Broad brush studies often get the specifics wrong. Did they even consider that homeschooling is a refuge for families with disabled children? It looks like they didn't bother.
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The link sends readers to site called "study finds" it says the reader is offline, and every link clicked brings it back to the same "study finds" start page. Please either fix the link or stop using this study finds site for your links. This is happening with every link that goes to study finds, and has been happening for a while.
Works for us. Any other readers having problems with this link?
No problem
This study misses some important points about homeschooling. Any good home school parent early on starts with teaching their children how to self educate. It's a long process, but it leaves the grown child as someone who knows how to learn on their own. This means going to college isn't just something for young people to do while they figure out their futures, which is the reality for a lot of college students. Today doing that wastes a lot of money, and puts many students into eternal student loan debt.
Families home school for many reasons, and one fairly common reason is developmental or learning disabilities. In those cases, college might not be a realistic goal for a profoundly learning disabled child. Schools can be great for children with common learning or developmental disabilities, but if your child falls outside their standard programs, it can be a long fight for little benefit. At that point, many families will move to homeschooling because cash strapped school districts can't or won't provide the services they need. My profoundly dyslexic child with a circadian rhythm sleep disorder wasn't offered help from our local school district, because she wasn't able to be awake and functioning during school hours. Homeschooling was literally our only choice. She hasn't gone to college yet, but she is looking at a getting into the trades, finding an apprenticeship, or similar.
Broad brush studies often get the specifics wrong. Did they even consider that homeschooling is a refuge for families with disabled children? It looks like they didn't bother.
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