Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, March 31, 2008 2:54:37 AM
Recently a California court banned home-schooling. Hopefully this stupidity will be overturned soon. But what would happen if all these kids were dumped into the public school system. I have read that over 200,000 kids are home-schooled in the peoples republic of california. Isn't California public school system in a somewhat permanent crisis mode? Private schools would be able to only take small numbers of new students but would be under no obligation to any take any new kids. So if they forced people to do so most would end up in public school.
Home-schooled kids always out do public (and private) schools kids on various tests. Most do better in college as well. So "educators" and liberals attack the only part of the "education" system that seems to be working for the majority of those in it. I think that many parents will break the law and keep their kids home or plan on moving from California. This is a power play by the nanny state to take away any parenting rights of people.
IF ANYTHING home-schoolers are doing everybody a FAVOR by reducing the number of people in "overburdened" public schools. There would be millions of additional kids requiring a public education if they didn't educate at home. These people should be celebrated not labeled as criminals for doing the best for their kids. If anything needs to be banned it should be the bad schools.