outline and idea of my paper

Private, Public or Home-Schooled: Which Child Turns Out the Best?

I. Three types of schooling in the United States

A. Home

1. Rare until 1969

2. Increasing in popularity

B. Public

C. Private

II. First reason home schooling is becoming more common

A. Formerly felt to inhibit socialization

B. Evidence that home-schooled kids are socially fine

1. Frazer Institute example

2. Mother of home-schooled kids example

a. Becoming better citizens

b. Learning to cooperate with siblings

III. Second reason home schooling is becoming more common

A. Public schools and discipline problems

B. Public schools and lack of parental involvement

IV. First reason for popularity of public schools

A. Most obvious choice

1. Free

2. Elitism at private schools

B. Improvements at public schools

1. Past attitudes about private vs. public schools

2. New attitudes about private vs. public schools

V. The case for private education

A. Better education expected

1. May have religious component

2. More challenging curriculum

3. Superior test results on national exams

B. Distrust of government-run system

VI. Final decision left to individual families

A. Private and public still most common

B. Home schooling increasing in the future