Starting as a small, doubted industry in the 1960’s and 1970’s, home schooling has become a major part of education. Marcia Clemmitt, writer for CQ Researcher, says that “today, education experts estimate that about 2 million American children ages 5-17 — out of a total of 52 million — are being home schooled, up from about 850,000 in 1999”(Clemmitt p.221). Even with the increase of home school education, there is a common argument of public education being better than home education. The idea, of which schooling is best, tends to be a constant issue throughout one’s education and available activities. This is highlighted through the basic question, “Do parents give their children a good education,” found in the March 7, 2014, edition of CQ Researcher.
In agreement with homeschooling, Texas Home School Coalition Policy Analyst, Isaac Sommers, states:
Considering that home school students who participated in a number of large studies have scored an average of 30 points higher on national standardized achievement tests than their public school peers, we can easily create a trustworthy system that provides equal opportunity to each student. (p.233)
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According to Sommers, “The bill would allow home-school students who live in and pay for a given public school district, and who meet the eligibility specifications required of public school students, to try out for that school's UIL [University Scholastic League] activities”(p.233). Students that meet certain requirements should be allowed to try out for a public school team. Sommers concludes that even though some students do not attend public school as some athletes, they have the right to compete with them as long as they meet eligibility standards from the school they would like to participate