And their children turned out incredibly better educated than their public school counterparts.
Parents don't have to be knowledgeable in all curriculum areas, they just need to be dedicated to their children's future.
NO MENTION OF THE OPPORTUNITIES for the GOP. The key is black parents. You know- vouchers/choice. Will the GOP ‘get it’? You tell me.
In many ways, you hit it on the head.
Many people point to the test scores and other quantitative measures of homeschooling excellence, as a quasi-justification for homeschooling. These are good points to have. But...that utilitarian argument is a lot like resting the right to Keep and Bear Arms on John Lott, Jr and other researchers' quantifying the benefits of firearms ownership.
In both cases, the individuals' right to KABA and the parent's right to homeschool does not hinge on a cost/benefit analyses, nor is it subject to legal debate. They simply ARE.
I know of homeschooled children that won't become rocket scientists, or may be of average intelligence. But these kids know right from wrong, and can withstand 4 years of college indoctrination and come out as stronger Americans.
What IS of inestimable value in homeschooling, is the love and care and support from the parents (or guardians). Many homeschooling families aren't one-percenters and they may not have parents/guardians that are upper bell-curve inhabitants. But we will fight to the death to ensure our children aren't chewed up by the system, that they get as good an education as they can deliver, and (on some level) NEVER stop the dedication to our kids.
IMO, a public school could be converted to Abeka with a facilitator in every class to keep them from climbing out of the window or going to sleep, eliminate the teachers union, and graduate a vast majority of students with higher grades and education level, using less public money almost overnight.
What people don’t seem to realize is that parents do a form of homeschooling simply by helping their kids with homework.
I looked at ABEKA and it seemed like it’s whole purpose was to create Christian robots. The young readers content was very simplistic. I ended up going with Robinson Curriculum which can be used as Christian based or not. The creator of it has a PhD and his two sons went on to get their PhDs but it’s not a high level curriculum by any means. It is very geared towards becoming a self learner which sets kids up perfectly for college. His wife had died suddenly and he had to take over homeschooling while still working. Luckily he was able to work from home but did still need to work so he set up a room for his desk and desks for the kids.
I partly chose it for the low cost. Most of the book list if out of copyright. Lots of stuff from the late 1800s when the writing was of a higher quality and all the kids books taught a moral lesson.
will add this to the list of curriculum to look into.