Yes. Laws and registration requirements vary, but home education is legal in every state.

Children taught at home typically encounter people of various age groups more frequently than their same age peers in an institutionalized school setting. In addition, the primary role models for homeschooled children tend to be mature teens and adults, helping children to learn appropriate social skills from those who already have them. Children who attend institutionalized school settings typically spend most of their day around other children of the same age and maturity level so the child does not learn to socialize with others outside their own peer group.

More than anyone else, parents love their children, recognize their children’s weaknesses, and know their children’s gifts, preferences, and learning styles. This naturally makes most parents the best teacher for their children.

Instead of being concerned about grades or test scores during a particular semester or school year, parents have a long-term interest in the success of their children. Studies have repeatedly proven that children who are taught at home score higher on standardized tests than their same age peers taught in institutionalized school settings. This is true whether the parent has a college degree, professional teacher training, or even a high school diploma.

There are many products on the market today to help parents teach subjects with which they may have difficulty, such as advanced math, sciences, and foreign languages. While some homeschool parents take advantage of these wonderful programs, others enroll their children in co-op classes, which are taught parents who have knowledge of the subject and a passion for teaching that subject.

It is every parent’s responsibility to love, nurture, and train their children, not just those who are taught at home. Legally, in regards to home education, each state sets its own laws concerning regulation, registration, oversight, testing, etc.

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