enrich children's learning experience. For example, various on-line services are available

on the world wide web, which include interactive classes and virtual libraries. Also,

educational CD-ROMS, workbooks, and magazines are good sources that provide the

parent with information on new educational tools (Wingert and Kantrowitz 3).

Furthermore, support can be found at public schools (Hawkins 1). In Des Moines,

Iowa, a program was developed that allowed home schoolers to use school computers,

books and teacher's guides, and provided biweekly supervision from a teacher that

records the child's progress and offers advice. Parents and their children are also

allowed to participate in extra curricular and group activities, as well as field trips

(Wagner 2). Similarly, in Oregon, home schooled students are allowed to take different

classes of their choice at different schools (Wingert and Kantrowitz 3). Although these

advantages are not available in every state, parents who chose to take education into

their own hands will work to hard to use

indicate the education level of a tutor has little to do with achievement of a tutored child."

children with social exposure, and have access to educational tools, there is no reason

Tests of Basic Skills (Hawkins 3). Also, home schooled children score above the 60th

age because of the small size of a suport group, they are still gaining a lot of social skills.

behind" 9). In more than 65 other studies, the results show that home schooled children

children acquire social skills, and research again confirms that they do not lack in social

their children achieve high educational levels. Another major argument against home

deprived. One study at the University of Florida was conducted in which eight to ten

circular activities in public schools and other learning centres interact with peers (Wingert

them to interact with people from different levels of society." (Lyman, "What's behind"

with 53 adults of the first generation of home schoolers. The researcher, Gary J.

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