Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Homeschooling's True Colors, July/Aug. 2005; pp. 56-63.
"We are all familiar with the popular images of homeschoolers in America: Extreme fundamentalist families gathering for a morning prayer and Bible study. Tired mothers teaching in front of a blackboard after late nights of preparing lesson plans, or perhaps stumbling recklessly through unfamiliar subject matter they are not qualified to teach. Lonely, friendless children sitting at home, wistfully dreaming of an exciting, lively social life at school--or worse, isolated little misfits tragically unaware that an outside world even exists. These stereotypes are touted freely by the popular media and conventional schooling experts alike. We have probably all imagined them ourselves at one time or another. But they have little to do with the realities of homeschooling for most families today, and are rarely backed by factual data." (MOTHERING) The author investigates "the myths--and the facts--about America's fastest-growing educational movement."
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Children--Education Educational evaluation Home schooling Myths