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(From 6 months ago but still relevant) Bumbling bureaucrats attack successful homeschoolers. Liberty
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Posted on 10/15/2010 10:46:04 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271

Fans of 42% effective government schools come after homeschools for only being 99% effective.

Here's how to keep up to date with Homeschooler Michelle's concerns:

http://forum.nhliberty.org/index.php?action=profile;u=270;sa=showPosts


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NH is one of the freest states for homeschooling. If you want to homeschool, moving to NH would be a good bet.

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1 posted on 10/15/2010 10:46:10 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: citizenredstater9271

I have a question. Has it happened that homeschoolers pool their resources and create schools with students of their choosing, using that group of parents to each contribute a specialty? It would seem to be a nice way around all of the restrictions and government interference of setting up a private school.


2 posted on 10/15/2010 10:56:14 PM PDT by grania
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To: grania

I think it’s better to just homeschool. Starting a private school costs a lot of money and then u usually have to turn to the gov. to get grants.


3 posted on 10/15/2010 11:22:04 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: grania
Yes...I teach in just such an environment.

HCHE

4 posted on 10/15/2010 11:29:03 PM PDT by LiteKeeper ("Psalm 109:8")
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To: grania

There are homeschooling groups who share teaching skills, like science, math, English and history.


5 posted on 10/15/2010 11:41:27 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: grania
How well do Homeschoolers do on those nationalized tests? That should be the only qualification to homeschooling. If the students do well on the national standardized testing then they should be allowed to continue homeschooling. If they fail them or are below level than they should not be allowed to homeschool. Why is that so difficult to understand. A very easy way to conclude the whole homeschool debate.
6 posted on 10/16/2010 4:04:56 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator

Sooo, Okay, if PUBLIC schools meet national standardized testing standards, fine, they can continue, if not, PUBLIC schools should be prohibited????

IS what is good for the Goose as good for the Gander in this case?

If not, your logic is fatally flawed.

Raising children, to include shooling at primary levels, is a parents right and responsibility, morally, regardless of what the “state” says.

Best,


7 posted on 10/16/2010 4:25:55 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally korrect!))
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To: grania

It does happen some, but not that often. We have a co-op in our area that meets every other week for unit studies, but I have heard of full co-op schools (including sports).

One of the big advantages of homeschooling is not being tied to the public school schedule, but the full co-op school would just lock us into their schedule.


8 posted on 10/16/2010 6:44:08 AM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: napscoordinator

When EVERY public school student passes standardized test then we can MAYBE discuss the government testing my children for proficiency.

Actually I jest. If I want to keep my kids home and let them take apart and put back together old TVs that is no one’s business but my own. The government is not responsible for the education of my children and should have absolutely NO say in it.


9 posted on 10/16/2010 12:49:48 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: metmom; JenB

homeschool ping


10 posted on 10/16/2010 12:50:46 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: LiteKeeper

Looks like a wonderful group!


11 posted on 10/16/2010 12:52:41 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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I have no problem with homeschooling as long as they are passing the nationalized test that is given. Obviously they are or the government would be screaming it from the rooftops. It is only good for the homeschoolers.


12 posted on 10/16/2010 12:53:18 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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If they fail them or are below level than they should not be allowed to homeschool
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Given your reasoning, then the government schooled kids who fail their standardized tests should **not** be allowed to continue government schooling. They should be forced to homeschool! :-)

13 posted on 10/16/2010 12:57:15 PM PDT by wintertime (Re: Obama, Rush Limbaugh said, "He was born here." ( So? Where's the proof?))
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I have no problem with homeschooling as long as they are passing the nationalized test that is given.
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Then obviously you should be having a BIG problem with government schooling because millions upon millions of government schooled kids are failing these standardized testing.

14 posted on 10/16/2010 1:00:24 PM PDT by wintertime (Re: Obama, Rush Limbaugh said, "He was born here." ( So? Where's the proof?))
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To: napscoordinator; christianhomeschoolmommaof3; bamahead; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; ...
I have no problem with homeschooling as long as they are passing the nationalized test that is given. Obviously they are or the government would be screaming it from the rooftops. It is only good for the homeschoolers.

Government control for the good of the unwashed masses. How DU of you.

The government can't adequately educate the inmates in the public school system. Why on earth should homeschoolers be required to answer to an inefficient, institutionalized bureaucracy?

Why are you in favor of governmental control of the lives of private citizens?

Why are you on FR?

15 posted on 10/16/2010 1:11:38 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: napscoordinator
If the students do well on the national standardized testing then they should be allowed to continue homeschooling. If they fail them or are below level than they should not be allowed to homeschool. Why is that so difficult to understand. A very easy way to conclude CONTROL the whole homeschool debate.

And just who do the public schools answer to when THEY fail in educating the children institutionalized in them? Where do they send them? To homescoolers?

You are all about government control, hardly a conservative position.

16 posted on 10/16/2010 1:18:01 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: napscoordinator; Radagast the Fool; DoctorBulldog; Celtic Cross; Grizzled Bear; ScoopAmma; ...
napscoordinator wrote:
I have no problem with homeschooling as long as they are passing the nationalized test that is given. Obviously they are or the government would be screaming it from the rooftops. It is only good for the homeschoolers.
How nice. Just an idea - butt out. My kids are my business, not yours. If you can, read Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, 268 U.S. 510 (1925) and understand what the unanimous decision means. My kids are my responsibility, not yours, not the governments. Butt out.
17 posted on 10/16/2010 1:18:52 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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And what debate would that be? Homeschoolers kick ASS in test after test after test, which is a big reason why public schools and unions would love to shut us down. The statists will not be satisfied until they control the minds of EVERY child. That’s why we fight. I’m shocked that you are on the side of the statists.


18 posted on 10/16/2010 1:30:37 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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I am not on their side. I am actually more a proponent of Catholic Schools than homeschooling. There is no other place better equipped for success than Catholic Schools.
19 posted on 10/16/2010 1:39:16 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: narses

I hope you don’t teach you children with that filthy attitude. Good luck....I would love to know what your kids are going to end up doing.....GED in hand.


20 posted on 10/16/2010 1:40:36 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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