The homeschooling option : how to decide when it's right for your family Drawing on her own experience with homeschooling and interviews with hundreds of other homeschoolers as well as the homeschooled, Rivero shows the variety of reasons, resources, and stories behind this growing trend. She begins by detailing the history of homeschooling, from the only choice to its current status as a choice exercised by parents concerned about violence in schools, poor educational standards, lack of religious emphasis or discipline or cultural sensitivity, or the special needs of their children. She explores homeschooling myths (parents and children who are social misfits) and the lexicon, which includes deschooling, unschooling, self-directed learning, and e-learning. Rivero's commonsense advice is for parents to honestly assess their motivations, fashion an approach to address those concerns, have confidence in their abilities, and remain flexible in deciding everything from schedules to curricula to testing to socialization issues.
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File cabinets located in the Reference Department at Lawson McGhee Library contain magazine and newspaper clippings as well as pamphlets. Look for the file under the heading 'Home Education.'
