Running Head: HOMESCHOOLS MORE BENEFICIAL 1 HOMESCHOOLS MORE BENEFICIAL 9 Are Homeschools more beneficial than Public Schools? 2/14/2017 Prospectus Summary Should kids be homeschooled, or are they fine in public schools? Not many parents ask themselves this question. However, the number of students who are being homeschooled has been growing significantly within the last several years. The main idea of this paper is why parents, in general, believe public schools are good. Do parents believe public schools are better simply because they don't have the choice to homeschool their children? Description This paper will focus on the overall result of homeschooling and public schools. The reasons as to why some parents prefer home schools over public schools will also be explored. Individuals have not invested much of their time to look at the benefits accruing from schooling. People are sending their kids to public schools, but they do not agree completely with everything presented in those schools. The increasing number of parents who are thinking of homeschooling their own children instead of sending them to a public schools indicates a disagreement on the policies and methods of teaching in public schools. One of the controversies revolves around the amount of time and attention that the children need in order to succeed. Others involve the environment with which the student interacts with on a daily basis, which some argue that is more safe and controlled in homeschools. Research Question Does homeschooling tend to produce more successful children in the future? Guiding Questions Does the amount of attention given to students affect their overall success? Does the studying and playing environment in school affect the children positively or negatively? How can parents provide the best education for their children? Annotated bibliographyBouwer, C., Schalkwyk, L, V. (2011). Homeschooling: Heeding the voices of learners. Education as Change, 15(2), 179-190. In this paper, Bouwer unusually seeks the feedback from the students in homeschools. He performs this case study by conducting interviews with parents and their children to ask them about their views on their own homeschools. He also takes a closer look at the feedback from both the parents, as well as their children and compares them in order to find any dissimilarities. The article explores the conflicting feedback from the children, which will provide a strong counterargument for my essay. The article comes from a journal article which gives a high credibility to rely on. Brain, D, R. (2011). 2.04 Million Homeschool students in the United States in 2010. Salem, OR: National Home Education Research Institute. The report follows previous research concerning the number of students who are homeschooled. Brain utilizes previous research records, and data from federal agencies and states in order to estimate the current number of homeschooled students. The article ...

1. Running Head: HOMESCHOOLS MORE BENEFICIAL 1
HOMESCHOOLS MORE BENEFICIAL 9
Are Homeschools more beneficial than Public Schools?
2/14/2017
Prospectus
Summary
Should kids be homeschooled, or are they fine in public
schools? Not many parents ask themselves this question.
However, the number of students who are being homeschooled
has been growing significantly within the last several years. The
main idea of this paper is why parents, in general, believe
public schools are good. Do parents believe public schools are
better simply because they don't have the choice to homeschool
their children?
Description
This paper will focus on the overall result of homeschooling
and public schools. The reasons as to why some parents prefer
home schools over public schools will also be explored.

2. Individuals have not invested much of their time to look at the
benefits accruing from schooling. People are sending their kids
to public schools, but they do not agree completely with
everything presented in those schools. The increasing number of
parents who are thinking of homeschooling their own children
instead of sending them to a public schools indicates a
disagreement on the policies and methods of teaching in public
schools. One of the controversies revolves around the amount of
time and attention that the children need in order to succeed.
Others involve the environment with which the student interacts
with on a daily basis, which some argue that is more safe and
controlled in homeschools.
Research Question
Does homeschooling tend to produce more successful children
in the future?
Guiding Questions
Does the amount of attention given to students affect their
overall success?
Does the studying and playing environment in school affect the
children positively or negatively?
How can parents provide the best education for their children?
Annotated bibliographyBouwer, C., Schalkwyk, L, V. (2011).

3. Homeschooling: Heeding the voices of learners. Education as
Change, 15(2), 179-190.
In this paper, Bouwer unusually seeks the feedback from the
students in homeschools. He performs this case study by
conducting interviews with parents and their children to ask
them about their views on their own homeschools. He also takes
a closer look at the feedback from both the parents, as well as
their children and compares them in order to find any
dissimilarities. The article explores the conflicting feedback
from the children, which will provide a strong counterargument
for my essay. The article comes from a journal article which
gives a high credibility to rely on.
Brain, D, R. (2011). 2.04 Million Homeschool students in the
United States in 2010. Salem, OR: National Home Education
Research Institute.
The report follows previous research concerning the
number of students who are homeschooled. Brain utilizes
previous research records, and data from federal agencies and
states in order to estimate the current number of homeschooled
students. The article suggests that the number of homeschooled
students is rising, which will allow me use that in my
supporting statements. Although the research is six years old, it
is considered somewhat credible since the data used comes from
government and federal agencies, which are not biased.
Brain, D. R. (2015). Research facts on homeschooling. Salem,
OR: National Home Education Research Institute.
Brain looks for the general reasons on why homeschooling
is becoming the new trend. He discovers findings which
consider the reasons behind homeschooling, learners’ success,
academic performance, and differences in gender. This article
will provide helpful information regarding homeschooling in
general. Also, it can be used to make new discussion views
regarding my article since it gives many aspects to the
homeschooling environment. However, it is not considered very
credible as stated in the report by the author himself.
Christa, L., Green, V, K., Hoover-Dempsey. (2007). Why do

4. parents homeschool? A systematic examination of parental
involvement. Education and Urban Society, 39(2), 264-285.
This paper compares parents who prefer homeschooling
and parents who do not. It looks for the specific reasons on why
the parents who homeschool decide to do so. The study assumes
that the parents do so because they are mentally more motivated
to educate their children, and can more closely understand the
context in which their kids live. Also, the study looks for any
agreements between the two sides. This research is very
credible and will allow an unbiased comparison between the two
sides of the argument. In addition, it will provide me with
sufficient amount of information for the both sides.
Gardiner, B. (2012 April 10). My View: Why I chose home
schooling. CNN. Retrieved from
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/10/us/education-my-view-why-i-
chose-home-schooling/
This article gives an inside look on the reasons why a
pediatrician decided to homeschool her own children, and the
overall positive experience she went through. Gardiner explains
how she started to realize the negative effects of public schools
and how she reached the decision that homeschooling is better,
even though she herself went through the public school
experience and is now a successful pediatrician. Who went
through the public school experience. This article can be used
as a very good example of why homeschooling is a better
choice, since the writer is considered as an overall successful
person herself. However, as someone who now favors
homeschooling, her bias toward the comparison needs to be
taken into account.Kunzman, R. (2009). Understanding
homeschooling a better approach to regulation. Theory and
Research in Education, 7(3), 311-330.
This article provides a critical criticizing view to the option of
homeschooling children. Homeschooling subject. It takes a
close look at the current and newly proposed regulations and
analyzes them in order to find any negative effects they might
have on students. Kunzman finds that certain regulations are not

5. actually beneficial for students and realize that people who
propose these regulations them often do not have a deep
understanding of the homeschooling process. This paper will
allow me to take a look at some of the opposing arguments and
eventually provide a better overall understanding. The article
comes from a scholarly journal so the bias in it is non-existent.
Lubienski, C. (2003). A critical view of home education.
Evaluation & Research in Education, 17(2-3), 167-178.
In this article, Lubienski looks critically at the fast spread
of homeschools while still acknowledging their advantages. He
challenges the amplification of these said advantages and
emphasizes taking a more serious stand towards them. The
article will allow me to find more scientific and serious
opposing views to debate. The paper can be used to explore
opposing arguments and support them with evidence. The article
comes from a scholarly journal, which makes it unbiased
towards the issue being discussed.
Michael, F, C. (2010). Exploring academic outcomes of
homeschooled students. Journal of College Admission, (208),
18-25.
In this article, Michael examines on the various academic
outcomes of those students who are homeschooled and enter a
doctoral institution that is medium sized. This institution is
located in Midwest. From his descriptive analysis, the study
shows that, in comparison with students who have been
educated traditionally, homeschool students have higher ATC
scores, higher grade point averages (GPAs) and the rates of
graduation. In addition, the results from multiple regression
analysis shows that, most of the homeschooled students earn
higher grade point averages in the first-year of the students and
fourth year especially when controlling for engagement,
demographic, precollege and first-term factors that are related
to academics. Further, the results from binary logistic
regression shows that, there is much difference students who are
homeschooled regarding students fall-to-fall maintenance and
their graduation rates after four years when compared to

6. students who are educated in a traditional way while holding for
the same factors.
Michael, H, R.(2006). Revisiting the common myths about
homeschooling. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational
Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 79(3), 125-129.
In this article, Michael examines the four myths that are
commonly used and still have a greater influence on various
individuals concerning their understanding on the role that
homeschooling plays in the American children’s education. The
first myth is that, there are many social misfits that are
produced by homeschooling which highly holds that
homeschooled students do not have the socialization skills that
are very much important in the functioning of the current
society. Second, homeschooling has a less ability of preparing
better citizens by mainly isolating students from their world
that involves the social and political environment. Third,
homeschooled students experience much difficulty in entering
college because they lack high school diploma, ACT scores and
grades and might therefore be a great disadvantage of them
when pursuing their studies at the postsecondary levels. Fourth,
religious purposes were the main reason why most people
homeschool. In every case presented, in this case, there are
realities concerning with this myth. Michael concludes that,
there is need for reconsideration concerning the expectations
that public education should sufficiently serve children needs
from various backgrounds that are broad and diverse. Public
schools probably may not be expected to meet individual needs
of every child within the community. Instead, there is need for
schools, parents and the entire community to work together and
ensure that all the children have been educated and their
potential maximized regardless of the education form chosen by
the parents
Thomas, J. (2016). Instructional motivations: What can we learn
from homeschooling families? The Qualitative Report, 21(11),
2073-2086.
In this article, Thomas puts it forth that, some educational

7. theorists have all along believed that, home education has some
important benefits that are eventually likely to enter the
mainstream education contexts. This paper focuses on extracting
motivations that are behind the various homeschooling
instructional decisions that are made by various parents. This
research is based on several surveys and interviews that were
conducted across the United States where over 1000 parents
were interviewed. The participants were requested to provide
reasons as to why they were using instructional routines.
Various instructional motivations were recorded that involved,
the particular learning style of the child, the personal preference
of the parent, the interest of the child, resources available
within the community, family reasons, special goals and needs,
experience and faith. This motivations are also likely to be
similar to those of the parents from the public schools thus
represents the voice of all parents. Therefore the results show
that informational narrative that can be applied and put into use
by the representatives of the public schools to meet the parent
needs and values that are changing across the United States of
America.
• Decision Cases
Case 1. Lee Nicholas has been the owner and has operated
World.com Advertising since its
beginning 10 years ago. The company has prospered. Recently,
Nicholas mentioned that he
would sell the business for the right price.

8. Assume that you are interested in buying World.com
Advertising. You obtain the most
recent monthly trial balance, which follows. Revenues and
expenses vary little from month to
month, and January is a typical month. Your investigation
reveals that the trial balance does
not include monthly revenues of $3,800 and expenses of $1.100.
Also, if you were to buy
World. com Advertising, you would hire a manager so you
could devote your time to other
duties. Assume that this person would require a monthly salary
of $.1',000.
WORLD.COM ADVERTISING
Trial Balance
J3UItlC)' .u, 2012
Account Title
Cash
Accounts receiva ble
Prepaid exreoses
" Building
Accumulated depreciation
. Accounts payable
Salary payable
Unearned service revenue
Lee Nicholas, Capital
Lee Nicholas, Wuhdrawals
Service revenue

9. Balance
Debit Credit- _.
. $ 9.700
14,100
2,60(1
121,300 ;
68,600
13,000
56,700
110,400
9,000
Rene expense
Salary expense
Utilities expense
Depreciation expense
Supplies expense
"----O~l~~~~.=_
3,400
900
$261,000 $261,000
RequIrements
1. Assume that the most you would pay for the business is 20
rimes the monthly net income
you GOuld expect to earn from it. Compute this possible price.
2. Nicholas states that the least he will take for the busine ss is

10. an amount equal to the busi-
ness's owner's equity balance on January 31. Compute this
amount.
3: Under these conditions, how much should you offer
Nicholas? Give your reason.
(Challenge)
Case 2. One year a!i0. Tyler Stasney founded Swift Classified
Ads. Stasney remembers that you
took an accounting course while in college and comes to you for
advice. He wishes ro know
how much net income his business earned during the past year
in order to decide whether to
keep the company going. His accounting records consist of the
T-accounrs from his ledger,
which were prepared by an accountant who moved to another
dry. The ledger at December 31
follows. The accounts have not been adjusted.
Stasney indicates that at year-end, customers owe him $1,600
for accrued service rev-
enue. These revenues have not been recorded. During [he year,
Stasney collected $4,000 ser-
vice revenue in advance from customers, but he earned only
$900 of that amount. Rent
expense for the year was $2,400, and he used up $1,700 of the
supplies. Stasney determines
The Adjusting Process , er
Assignment 2: Decision Case-World. com

11. Review Decision Case 1 (World. com) on page 186 in chapter 3.
Analyze the data presented in
the case scenario and address the following questions in your
initial post:
1. Assume that the most you would pay for the business is 20
times the monthly net income
you could expect to earn from it. Compute this possible price.
2. Nicholas states that the least he will take for the business is
an amount equal to the
business's owner's equity balance on January 31. Compute this
amount.
3. Under these conditions, how much should you offer
Nicholas? Give your reason.