Two comments on studies: Effectiveness of government schooling and homeschooling
1) Where are the studies that **prove** government schools teach anything? Honestly, this is a serious question.
It is my anecdotal observation that academically successful institutionalized children are doing **everything** that successful homeschoolers are doing. And....These successful institutionalized children are spending about the same amount of time doing homework as homeschoolers spend in formal study.
So?....Where are the studies that separate out what is learned due to the afterschooling and homework done by the parents, child, and paid and unpaid tutors as compared to that knowledge acquired in the classroom?
I have posted this question many times on Free Republic and other sites, and personally e-mailed education professors in leading universities. Answer: These studies have **never** been done.
Conclusion: Taxpayers spend up to $30,000/year/child and NO ONE KNOWS if government schools are effective. They may even be retarding educational progress. Unbelievable!
2) As for homeschooling studies, then we should ask government teachers or college level professors of education. It is **THEIR** profession. If they were truly curious people and sincerely interested in the education of children, they would have thoroughly studied the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of homeschooling by now.
If you are a teacher, there should be **dozens** of studies at** your** finger tips. Where are they?
Sir, I realize it is a serious question, and I also realize that the burden of proof is on you, since you made the claim that Home schooling is better, and tried to use shoddy documentation to prove it. The ball is in your court I am just asking questions, that you seem unable to answer.
As for homeschooling studies, then we should ask government teachers or college level professors of education. It is **THEIR** profession.
Sir this makes as much sense as asking a home schooling group to study home schoolers.
Why not ask an independent group such as "The Heritage foundation."
Also I don't think that research is the profession of educators, I believe their profession is education.
The profession of researchers is research, while some may work at or for universities their main work is research.
If you are a teacher, there should be **dozens** of studies at** your** finger tips.
Sir I spent well over 20 years in the military after/ while earning my engineering degree through ROTC. While in the military I was responsible for training young men and women and over seeing training exercises.
Where are they?
That is the question that you need to answer sir.