Tuesday, the 17th of July, 2007
I said:
I believe *all* homeschoolers do not do a better job
teaching children than professional educators.
Mark Tindall writes:
Amen!
I said:
homeschooling is not for everyone.
Mark Tindall:
Amen again!
Good, we are in agreement about these opinions, and
have been for ever since you came on this group. Moreover,
I don't think any regular on the group ever said that
homeschooling is for everyone, and I don't think anyone
ever said that every single homeschooler does a better
job teaching children than every single professional
teacher.
That said, there would be seem to be zero evidence
that professional teachers on average do better than
homeschoolers on average. And in fact all of the evidence
that I have seen, has suggested, if not proved, the opposite.
Moreover, an overwhelming majority of
professionally-taught schoolchildren are receiving
very poor educations, so whatever quality
assurance standards are in place among professional
schoolteachers don't seem to work
(guarantee nothing) for classroom teaching.
Still hoping, Mark, you could cite a paper or a study
or something which would prove otherwise. But, I'm
pretty sure there ain't no such paper or study.
Mike Morris
(msmorris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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