Why should I homeschool my child? Isn’t there a public school right near my home? What’s wrong with just sending him or her there?

Those are questions you might be asking yourself as you decide whether to homeschool your child or not. A lot of debate has been going on recently about this issue. You’ve seen the news stories.

Proficiency rates have fallen dramatically in public schools. Student achievement has stagnated or fallen in most subjects since 1970, with the largest and most thoroughly established decline
occurring in basic literacy.

That’s according to the five most reliable sources of evidence: the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), the International Evaluation of Education Achievement (IEA), the Young Adult Literacy Survey (YALS), the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).

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When it comes to public school students learning the basics, American students consistently rank near the bottom when compared to other industrialized nations.

Shootings and other forms of violence have broken out much more frequently in recent years at public schools. And discipline is severely lacking in most schools as well.

Teacher’s are nearly powerless to take punitive action against unruly students for fear of “abuse” allegations or lawsuits. Respect for authority in general has rapidly declined among our young people today as well.

We don’t need to bore you with all the statistical details. You probably already know what we’re talking about.

We’ve also witnessed more social indoctrination and less emphasis on the “three R’s” at many schools as well. It’s gradually crept into  the curriculum, and you may not have even noticed it because it’s not well publicized.

And don’t even get me started on how the Bible and all references to God have been systematically erased from the classroom.

Is it any wonder that immoral and illegal behavior is at an all-time high, when there’s no absolute standard of right and wrong presented?

In most cases, it’s not the teacher’s fault. Many public school teachers are very sincere in their desire to teach their students the skills that they’ll need to function in the real world as adults.

But the system itself is flawed. The public school curriculum the teachers are given is so watered down and unfocused that the students don’t actually learn the basic skills they need to become
productive members of society.

Then what’s the underlying problem? And can we fix it?

Unfortunately, there’s not a simple answer or a one-click solution because it’s a quite complex problem.

We’ll pick up our discussion next time and see if we can answer these questions. And you’ll see how this affects your decision whether to homeschool or not.