Probing Question: Why do some people choose to homeschool their kids?

This article which includes dialogue with Penn State University professor of education
J. Daniel Marshall bounces back and forth between the "pros and cons" of homeschooing - ending with a "con" from Prof. Marshall. What is the "tragic loss affecting civic America" if
parents don't send their children to school? More rational, thoughtful, independent Americans?... J. Boswell

The final paragraph of the article:
"While the once-illegal homeschooling trend is indisputably on the rise, Marshall -- while applauding those families who teach their children well -- remains concerned that there may be a societal price paid for this movement. "For these families to dismiss opportunities which can perhaps best be provided through the educational agency of school is a tragic loss which affects everyone who cares about civic America." "

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J. Daniel Marshall is professor of education in the College of Education, and can be reached at jdm13@psu.edu.



Probing Question: Why do some people choose to homeschool their kids?
Thursday, October 27, 2005
By Melissa Beattie-Moss
Research/Penn State