Tag: educational neglect
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“If there had been more oversight, my mom may have been able to get more motivated to get organized and give me and my sisters the education we needed. My sisters and I would not be in the very difficult place we are right now because of being under educated.”
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
In a previous post, we explored data pointing to a homeschool math gap. What comes next? What can homeschooling parents learn from this information? In this article we use stories from homeschool graduates to examine the things that hold homeschooled students back… Read More
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
The diversity of homeschooling law has a significant impact on how failure to educate in a homeschool setting is approached from a legal perspective. As I struggled last week to explain this to a colleague, I found using… Read More
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Many of my friends and I do not have high school diplomas or transcripts. In the states in which we were homeschooled, there was little oversight and no requirement that parents provide such documents to graduating home school students. In addition to the rampant educational neglect that occurred in homeschool circles, the lack of proper documents made it difficult for many of us to access higher education.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Today as a public school educator, I advocate for strict oversight of homeschooling not only because of my horrible childhood, but also because I have been that typical homeschooling mom trying to do the best she can with little resources and support around her to daily keep her motivated.”
Updated on October 20, 2023 by CRHE
“At the time my parents were homeschooling us in the state of Ohio a certified teacher was needed to sign off that the children were being educated. They were supposed to look over the last year’s work to verify. The woman who did ours was also a member of our church and homeschool support group and never even looked at the stuff mom brought her, which wasn’t much. I even remember mom commenting that ‘P only cared about her check clearing.’”
Updated on April 8, 2018 by CRHE
“My mother . . . read to us a lot and corrected our grammar constantly. As a result, my siblings and I all have excellent literary skills. However, both of my parents were sorely lacking in the area of math and science. Since they were the only source of academic support that I had access to, I did not have access to a proper math and science education. I was told many times in my childhood that boys are naturally better at math and science, and that I, being a girl could never excel, so I never tried.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Early in my childhood, my mother was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder; throughout the homeschool years she struggled to function as a mother, let alone as an educator. . . . My mother also exhibited traits of borderline personality disorder and was unpredictable and frequently intrusive, hypercritical, and explosively angry.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I was homeschooled … in Illinois, a state that has no homeschool regulation, no testing requirements, nothing. Unless a homeschooled child has been in a public school district before being homeschooled (which would require the family to notify the district as they withdraw the student), local officials and the state quite frankly don’t know you even exist if you are homeschooled.”
Tag: educational neglect
Cynthia Jeub: “I wasn’t really taught anything after I was ten years old”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Colorado, educational neglect, Minnesota, negative testimonial, testimonial
Sierra S.: “My mom … was obviously overwhelmed”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“If there had been more oversight, my mom may have been able to get more motivated to get organized and give me and my sisters the education we needed. My sisters and I would not be in the very difficult place we are right now because of being under educated.”
Category: California, Florida, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, California, educational neglect, Florida, negative testimonial, testimonial
The Homeschool Math Gap: The Stories
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
In a previous post, we explored data pointing to a homeschool math gap. What comes next? What can homeschooling parents learn from this information? In this article we use stories from homeschool graduates to examine the things that hold homeschooled students back… Read More
Category: Blog, Voices for Reform Tags: academics, educational neglect, math
What To Do if You Suspect Educational Deprivation
Updated on October 20, 2023 by Rachel Coleman
The diversity of homeschooling law has a significant impact on how failure to educate in a homeschool setting is approached from a legal perspective. As I struggled last week to explain this to a colleague, I found using… Read More
Category: Blog, Resources Tags: educational neglect
Holly S.: “If there had only been some protection in place”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Many of my friends and I do not have high school diplomas or transcripts. In the states in which we were homeschooled, there was little oversight and no requirement that parents provide such documents to graduating home school students. In addition to the rampant educational neglect that occurred in homeschool circles, the lack of proper documents made it difficult for many of us to access higher education.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, negative testimonial, North Carolina, South Carolina, testimonial
Chandra B.: “Protections are a necessary part of all educational systems”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Today as a public school educator, I advocate for strict oversight of homeschooling not only because of my horrible childhood, but also because I have been that typical homeschooling mom trying to do the best she can with little resources and support around her to daily keep her motivated.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni parent testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, Missouri, negative testimonial, testimonial
Teresa M.: “P only cared about her check clearing.”
Updated on October 20, 2023 by CRHE
“At the time my parents were homeschooling us in the state of Ohio a certified teacher was needed to sign off that the children were being educated. They were supposed to look over the last year’s work to verify. The woman who did ours was also a member of our church and homeschool support group and never even looked at the stuff mom brought her, which wasn’t much. I even remember mom commenting that ‘P only cared about her check clearing.’”
Category: Ohio, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, negative testimonial, Ohio, portfolios, testimonial
Kimberly R.: “Every abuse had a magnified effect on us”
Updated on April 8, 2018 by CRHE
“My mother . . . read to us a lot and corrected our grammar constantly. As a result, my siblings and I all have excellent literary skills. However, both of my parents were sorely lacking in the area of math and science. Since they were the only source of academic support that I had access to, I did not have access to a proper math and science education. I was told many times in my childhood that boys are naturally better at math and science, and that I, being a girl could never excel, so I never tried.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, gender discrimination, negative testimonial, Oregon, testimonial
Lana Martin: “I suffered severe depression, suicidality, and disordered eating”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Early in my childhood, my mother was diagnosed with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder; throughout the homeschool years she struggled to function as a mother, let alone as an educator. . . . My mother also exhibited traits of borderline personality disorder and was unpredictable and frequently intrusive, hypercritical, and explosively angry.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, educational neglect, mental illness, negative testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Jamie G.: “I want to see that change, now”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“I was homeschooled … in Illinois, a state that has no homeschool regulation, no testing requirements, nothing. Unless a homeschooled child has been in a public school district before being homeschooled (which would require the family to notify the district as they withdraw the student), local officials and the state quite frankly don’t know you even exist if you are homeschooled.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, Illinois, mental illness, negative testimonial, testimonial