Michigan's Role in Monitoring Home Schools. Policy Report No. 15

Autor/inn/en	Donahue, Tara; Plank, David N.
Institution	Michigan State University, Education Policy Center
Titel	Michigan's Role in Monitoring Home Schools. Policy Report No. 15
Quelle	(2003), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Home Schooling; State Standards; Government Role; State Government; Educational Quality; Accountability; Parents as Teachers; Parent Rights; Student Rights; State Legislation; State Departments of Education; Legal Responsibility; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Verantwortung; Elternrecht; Landesrecht; Kultusministerium; Strafmündigkeit
Abstract	States vary considerably in how they choose to monitor home school families. Policies range from no involvement to requiring yearly portfolios detailing the student's achievement and academic progress. Respecting the right of parents to choose how they wish to educate their children while holding parents accountable for the education their children receive are both important state goals. Requiring home school parents to submit an educational report to the state may make them feel as if their right to educate their children in the manner they deem most appropriate is being violated, even if that is the only restriction placed upon them. On the other hand, the lack of even minimal requirements conveys the message that parents are not accountable to anyone for their child's education. Each state must decide how to balance the rights of parents, the rights of children, and the interests of the state. While approximately 2,000 home school students report to the Michigan Department of Education, census data and enrollment information indicate that there may be as many as 100,000 home school students who do not report to the state. The author suggests that, at the very least, Michigan should amend the current 3(f) exemption to require that home school parents register with the Michigan Department of Education, thereby making it possible for the state to satisfy it's constitutional obligation to ensure that all young citizens are adequately educated. (Contains 1 table and 1 graph.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Education Policy Center. Michigan State University, 201 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1034. Tel: 517-355-4494; Fax: 517-432-6202; e-mail: EPC@msu.edu; Web site: http://education.msu.edu/epc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10