When you have a hillbilly failing school system would it be a better choice for parents to seek alternative education? Due to schools failing to provide an adequate education, many are opting out of the public schools here for homeschooling. Many seem to think that means sheltering children from the world, but from what I have been seeing recently, it isn't that, it is the schools are so bad they are being forced to educate their children themselves so that the child will have a proper education. More and more universities are offering highschool diplomas and alternative homeschool courses for younger students.
My sister is considering pulling her young children out of the school system that is so bad the state is threatening to shut them down. These schools really are that bad, and honestly if I were in her shoes I would have done so already. The teachers do not have degrees, they have one of the highest illiteracy and drop out rates in the state, and an extremely high rate of teen pregnancy. The schools there shut down for rodeo, but require that parents send their kids to schools when they have head lice thus infecting everyone else. Four of the teachers at the school also work at the local church and spend more time preaching than they do teaching academics. YES, it is that insane.
When looking at my neighbor, whose 13 year old daughter will have an associates degree by the age of 16 only because she was homeschooled, I am thinking that the homeschooling options for many are probably better than what is currently offered in the public schools in many areas. My neighbor tells me that her daughter was failing reading and grammar in public schools when she removed her at 10 years old, yet completed a writing course at the local university at 12 since she chose to homeschool instead.
With the options increasing for online education, I am thinking that this may very well be the better option for many parents facing failing school systems. What would you do if you could not afford to relocate and your kids were attending these schools? Would you consider homeschooling?