Can anyone please help me with my assignment?

Question

I need to find out what type of school would parents want their child to go to. I have the choice of charter school, homeschooling, and head start. I need to know why parents want it and what type of problems are in the school.

Answer 1

search in the internet

it's all there

Answer 2

Everyone has their own preference. Charter schools aren't always possible to get into, sometimes there's a waiting period. Since they are charter schools, they can choose their own curriculum, but in general, they tend to teach better and have a better reputation than the local public school or else they wouldn't be in business.

  Headstart, as I know it, is for lower income kids, usually a preschool type or lower grades. The name "Headstart" can mean different things in different states, but I think that is the general idea. As with all schools with high percentages of students from low incomes, Headstarts may sometimes have less funds and a less effective teacher to student ratio than public or private schools at the same age level. It's not fair, but it's a reality; money makes all the difference.  

  Homeschooling can be great or terrible for a child, it depends on the parent teaching. Many people choose homeschooling because they feel they can do better than the public schoool, or, they do not like or approve of the moral standards (or lack of) in public schools. The challenge with homeschooling is to keep the child up to par on academics, and an extra effort needs to be made in order to keep the child "socialized." Homeschooling will eliminate many traditional rites of passage for young people, but these days it seems the bad is starting to out weigh the good at public schools.

  Some people want religion incorporated into their children's education. And finally, many people dislike the ultra-left wing influence which public school has. They push ultra liberal, secualr politics and s*x ed on kids as young as six, often regardless of the parents wishes.

  In general, public schools take more and more power away from a parent, teach less, and adhere to much psycho babble policies which are producing a nation of "dumbed down" students. School boards, the overseers, often consist of unqualified but politically popular people. Teachers are a mixed bunch; some are absolute wonderful, effective caring people and some really stink. Unfortunately, "tenure" allows the really, really bad teachers to keep on being bad and still get periodic raises. A principal is very limited in what he or she can do to control or improve a bad teacher. One cannot fire a teacher for being a bad teacher.

   Of interest might be a very recent decision by the lunatics in the California political system who have passed legislation to prohibit homeschooling unless a parent is a certified teacher. Many, including the governor and other lawmakers, are outraged at this and see it as a major infringement on another civil liberty. The law has been stopped and will be reviewed. If it passes it will set a dangerous precedent. It is as if Big Brother isn't satisfied with taking away one's right to privacy, protection and free speech; now he's after our kids, too.

Hope all this helps in some way.  :-)

Answer 3

I would choose homeschooling over anything else,

aside from the many many benefits of homeschooling- you are opening a tremendous learning adventure for your child.

Those who claim homeschoolers are socially inept, need to recall their time in school.

You were not allowed to socialize, remember? Sit silently in class, and no talking.

The socialization they experienced happened after school, right? Sports, and extra carricular activites. No difference between that and homeschoolers, and homeschoolers have more time to do all those things.

Then there is the type of socialization that many public students live to regret having.

Its the best thing to give your kids-freedom and choice.

Answer 4

We like homeschooling, and we don't have any problems with it.

Some people may repeatedly say socialization is the problem, but note that these people are not homeschoolers. Homeschoolers actually have more plentiful, diverse and varied opportunity for socialization, since they don't spend as many hours in school and have the world outside of schools at their disposal. Another thing is that school socialization is overrated, dysfunctional, and just as likely to be a negative experience as it is to be a positive one.

Educationally, we like the approach. We don't focus on workbooks/textbooks, notes and quizzes, but on hands-on activities, experiences, experiments, creative or research projects, field trips, discussions, educational programs. Learning becomes much more intwined with real world understanding and experience rather than something needed to do to make the grade.

That's not to say that we don't have our own ups and downs, our own challenges or our sucky days... but homeschooling isn't just something we do for a few hours, it is a lifestyle, and overall, while we have our problems like any normal family, we do like our life that we've created.

Probably the only problem I can think of is the people who will question your decision to homeschool or the people who are on crusades against homeschooling, h**l-bent on spreading misinformation about it or making it harder to homeschool.

Answer 5

Homeschool-While there is a lot of time devoted to the student since there is only 1 (or a few if they are schooling several of their children) the students will lack socialization opportunities schools provide with people that are not family members

Charter schools-They are not held to the same level when it comes to state testing and some schools tend to pick the bottom of the barrel of teachers (teachers who were fired or lacked qualifications to get a job with a school district). There are good charter schools out there, but it seems there are more bad than good

I have no clue about headstart. I would talk with someone who works in a preschool