After having homeschooled for over ten years and not much has changed when it comes to people's general perception of home education. Allie Martin writes the following in OneNewsNow
A survey finds the majority of Americans believe parents have a constitutional right to home school their children.
The survey was conducted last spring by LifeWay Research shortly after a California appeals court ruled that parents did not have a constitutional right to home school their kids. However, the same California court has since reversed its earlier decision, saying the state legislature implicitly accepted that home schooling was legal.
According to the survey of 1,200 Americans, 61 percent agreed strongly that the Constitution guarantees the right of parents to home school, while 25 percent agreed somewhat. Eight percent disagreed, five percent disagreed strongly, and two percent did not know. But Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research, says the survey revealed a concern among the public that home schooling fails to provide "adequate socialization skills" for students.
"We do a poll -- we don't ask is this right or wrong, we ask what do people think. And they do think this is a concern," he points out. "I've home schooled as well, and I've found myself having to explain to people, on more than one occasion, that we find socialization in many places other than a school system. So I think people have to recognize that it is a concern of the culture," said Stetzer. And because of that, he notes, it is "a perception that home-schooling families need to overcome."
Fifty-four percent agreed with the statement that children who are home schooled often lack social skills. However, Stetzer thinks parents who home school can help educate the culture about the positive aspects of home schooling.
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