This volume explores the topics relating to homeschooling by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. Homeschooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.

What consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- How Does Homeschooling Affect Children? -- Chapter preface -- Homeschooling students score comparably to others on standardized tests / Andrea Neal -- Homeschooling curricula do not meet academic standards / Steve Shives -- Homeschooling students are well socialized / Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance -- Homeschooling students are isolated and poorly socialized / Margaret W Boyce -- Homeschooling provides Christian socialization / Michael F Haverluck -- Homeschoolers may be at greater risk for child abuse / Graham Badman -- Homeschooling is not linked to child abuse / Jodie Gilmore -- Periodical bibliography -- How Should Homeschooling Be Regulated? -- Chapter preface -- Homeschooling should be regulated by the government / Kimberly A Yuracko -- Homeschooling should not be regulated by the government / Bruce N Shortt -- Homeschooling parents should be certified / Stephen Downes -- Homeschooling parents do not need to be certified / John Stossel -- Periodical bibliography -- Who Should Homeschool? -- Chapter preface -- Feminist homeschooling benefits mothers and children / Rachel Allen -- Feminist homeschooling is problematic / Patricia R Stokes -- Christians have a responsibility to homeschool / Dan Smithwick -- Christians have a responsibility not to homeschool / Tim Challies -- Periodical bibliography -- What Methods Should Homeschoolers Use -- Chapter preface -- Standardized tests can be helpful for homeschoolers / Sandra Foyt -- Homeschoolers should not take standardized tests / Terrie Lynn Bittner -- Homeschoolers should participate in public school athletics / Rebecca Wright -- Homeschoolers should organize their own athletic programs / Dari Mullins -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.