Chapter 5 Reflection-Rethinking Education

"Home schooling has been burgeoning in America over the last 25 years. Based on a survey in 2003, the U.S. Department of Education estimated there were 1.1 million children being home schooled, and that the number had increased by 29% in 4 years." (page 67)

I think that more parents are homeschooling because they want to protect their children from bullying and other instances that may happen at school.  There are also many more programs out there these days that support parents who home school and have activities and field trips that all home schooled kids apart of the program can take part in.  I think that homeschooling is good and can even help students easily focus on the subject they like a lot more than a traditional school can.  However, I think that children should at least attend high school if they plan to go onto college, as high school will help to prepare them for what college will be like.

"The University of Phoenix is the most successful online university in America." (page 75)

With how successful the University of Phoenix is, I think that it will be more common for students to start choosing online colleges in seated of the traditional college.  This allows students who have to pay their way through school to easily work during the day and then work on their college classes at night or on the weekends.  This would also allow students to take a variety of credits that fit with their schedule   I really enjoy online classes and even hybrid classes, so I can see why so many have opted for the online university.

"Privately owned learning centers are growing to fill gaps in the existing education system." (page 79)

I think that these learning centers are a good thing for all parents to use during the summer for their children to help them from forgetting a lot of what they learned last year over summer vacation.  I would also hope that the school is providing some sort of tutoring program during the school year so that parents don't have to pay for these services during the school year.