Homeschooling

Deianara Torres
Roster #15
 What is Homeschooling?
• The education of children in one`s home usually conducted by their parents
or a tutor.
 How to: Step by Step
• Nevada compulsory school attendance age (7-18)
• Withdrawing your child from current school
• Comply with homeschool law
• Recordkeeping

https://hslda.org/hs101/NV.aspx
 Nevada Homeschooling Laws
Two laws that pertain to homeschooling:
1. File a notice of intent
- for superintendent of child`s school district
- contain information about child and homeschool
2. Education Plan
-English (reading, writing, and composition)
-Math
-Science
-Social Studies (history, geography, economics, and government)
 General Statistics and Facts
• Homeschool population is growing 2%-8% per annum over the past few
years.
• One study shows that 32% of homeschool students are Black, Hispanic,
Asian, and others.
 General Statistics and Facts
• The home-educated typically score 15-30 percentile points above public-school
students on standardized academic achievement tests and above average on SAT
and ACT tests.
• Nevada saves about $113.8 million due to homeschoolers
• Registration varies by state so this number is conservative.
• Homeschooling has also been growing in other nations as well (Australia, Canada,
Japan, Russia, UK, and others).
• Demographically wide variety of people homeschooled
 Methods and Styles
• Relaxed or Eclectic- used most often, uses workbooks for math, reading, and
spelling, and then taking unschooling approach for other subjects.
• School-at-home approach- most expensive method, portrayed in media, and
highest burnout rate. Boxed curriculum with textbooks, study schedules,
grades, and record keeping.
• Unschooling- natural, interest-led, and child-led learning
• Classical- grammar stage, logic stage, and rhetoric stage
 Methods and Styles
• Charlotte Mason- given time to play, create and be involved in real-life situations.
Educate whole person, not just the mind.
• Waldorf- based on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Early grades emphasize arts and
crafts, music and movement, and nature. Older children are taught self-awareness
and how to reason things out.
• Multiple Intelligences- everyone learns in their own way, uses strengths instead of
weaknesses.
• Montessori- “errorless learning”, learn at their own pace, self-directed, and hands-on
Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpnkclhsv98
 Interview with Homeschooling Parent
• Why?
• Moved abroad to Germany. They couldn’t facilitate her level of knowledge at
1st grade because she was advanced. Difficulty socially because of language
barrier. Students were bullying her. The school`s policies were different, “let
kids be kids”, so they would let her be pushed around.
• How long?
• Tested out of 1st, completed second grade in 6 months, and did 3rd and 4th
grade. She took 5-month summers.
• Pros?
• Moving at own speed, very quick, didn’t get bored, ability to travel during
school, travel with curriculum, Greek mythology (Greece), Irish Culture
(Ireland), Concentration camps, Mona Lisa(Paris), being part of history,
learning languages, did sports, was be able to work at own pace at home but
still hang out with kids her own age.
• Cons?
• Too much time with kids, not enough alone time
• Cost
• $6000 a year homeschooling, extra materials. $27,000 a year for international.
• Process and type of homeschooling
• Use Nevada as residency, submit form, had advisory teacher for each year
• Distant education- login, transcripts, attendance, feedback from teachers, and
breaks at any time. Each year was completed within 24 months. Calvert
School Maryland
 Works Cited
• https://hslda.org/hs101/NV.aspx
• http://nevadahomeschoolnetwork.com/legal/nevada-homeschooling-laws/
• http://nevadahomeschoolnetwork.com/world-book-course-of-study-not-
common-core/
• https://www.homeschool.com/new/difstyles.asp
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpnkclhsv98
• https://www.nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/