The Enemies Within Our Education system
Education Unions (the N.E.A.), School Administrators and Yes - Even Some Teachers
Regulation of homes by OSHA was a non-starter in the Clinton administration. Of course technically so was allowing gays into the military.
The destruction of America just speeds up with each day.
I don’t believe this will happen. Think lions protecting their cubs. The homeschoolers I know are vigilant in protecting their freedoms. Not going to happen.
If you elect Communist, it is only logical that you are going to get Communist policy designed to implement Communist goals.
In this case, since citizens are State assets, their development is a State responsibility!
The movement is already demonized. We have been swimming upstream for years and we will just fight harder.
It helps a lot, when writing about homeschooling for publication, to avoid omitting prepositions.
And watch out for those viscous options!
I don’t think so. If it does happen, we would never surrender without a fight.
Glad we got our kids homeschooled before the government nannies-who-know-nada could shut us down. If you want the best education for your kids, homeschooling is definitely an option that should be considered.
The Enemies Within Our Education system
Education Unions (the N.E.A.), School Administrators and Yes - Even Some Teachers
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I have yet to be convinced of this, for my part. Just sayin'
Guess we’ll be claiming religious reasons why our kids should be homeschooled & not exposed to public schooling!
Entitlement mentality at its finest.
And a teaching degree is generally considered the dummy degree at any college I know of that offers one. It's the degree for kids who aren't smart enough to get a real degree in a real field and have to go out and support themselves in the real workplace.
And before all the PS defenders and offended teachers rag on me for that, that is NOT my opinion, that is simply what I've heard for decades, since I started my college career in a college that offered a teaching degree major.
I know some wonderfully smart people who got that degree, and aren't using it.....
Besides, when most of the teachers in the Buffalo area can't pass a high school equivalency test and then scream *racism* over it, it is pretty condemning of the system.
You'd think that it would at least be reasonable to expect someone who is supposed to be educating students to know as much as the students are required to know to graduate. Being put out because they can't even demonstrate that they are as smart as a 12th grader, fools no one.
They think the tea parties are giving him fits? Let him go after homeschoolers who can create entire unit studies on writing letters to congressmen, senators, the president, and to the editors of every newspaper and call it English. Who can take their 8+ children to Washington, DC or any state capital in the country in protest, sit in their representatives office, and call it a field trip. Moms and students flooding the internet with facebook, twitter, and anti-0 blog posts for internet skills class. Children phoning the goverment in protest as civics or communication skills credit. Does he really want that kind of uninterrupted 24/7 attention? Does he really imagine that teachers who have to report to work everyday and are held accountable by school boards can compete with families who can dedicate days and weeks to nothing but protesting him?
Unless homeschoolers have gotten lazy and indifferent since I finished homeschooling, the above scenario is exactly what he can expect.
"Look for the first few leaks of damning stories about home schooling. They will start by demonizing the movement. Then they will move rapidly to tax it, and outlaw it in practice if not in law. Before the next election home schoolers will see a world on the horizon where school boards and local school administration have to certify their credentials. Homes will be subject to inspection and regulation by OSHA and the EPA. The list of obvious and viscous options are too depressing to outline. All I can say is we must spread the word and fight............."
They have been demonizing homeschooling on tv and in the media for years. We already pay taxes to the school systems where our children don't attend the schools. We get no tax break for the money we spend on our school supplies. We pay sales taxes on the supplies we buy locally. They have been trying to require certification and regulation for years and they have even attempted to bring child welfare workers into the home to declare that homeschool children are abused. So, we've seen this all before. If that is the best he can do -- he's already lost. We've been there because they've done that already.
This article might be a good reminder for people to get connected with the HSLDA and stay in touch with their local homeschool organizations. Though 0bama might try to do this, I certainly don't believe it will succeed.
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Not going to happen. Too many court cases in favor of homeschooling. Too many victories, such as in CA and recently in NH where a legislator admitted that homeschoolers do better than their public school counterparts so why bother to regulate them? When a bill for more regulation was voted on in the legislature, the sponsors of the bill got creamed big time.
Dems are skating on thin ice as it already is. They would be crazy to try it.
Not going to happen. Too many court cases in favor of homeschooling. Too many victories, such as in CA and recently in NH where a legislator admitted that homeschoolers do better than their public school counterparts so why bother to regulate them? When a bill for more regulation was voted on in the legislature, the sponsors of the bill got creamed big time.
Dems are skating on thin ice as it already is. They would be crazy to try it.
I have no doubt they will make the effort, but success will be out of reach. Obama won’t be re-elected for many reasons, and an attack on homeschooling would give us yet another.