The real reason the state opposes homeschooling

World Net Daily ^ | December 12, 2002 | Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D

[EdReform]

Homeschool bump

[LadyShallott]

[Piquaboy]

Control of the school system is right out of the Marx/Lenin playbook.

[RunningJoke]

"The important point is that the lack of the conviction that I have the ability and the right to teach others marks me as a non-intellectual. For the intellectual is above all a teacher and considers it his God-given right to tell the ignorant majority what to do. To ignore this teacher complex is to ignore the intellectual's central characteristic and miss the key to his aspirations and grievances. I am sure that the passion to teach has been a crucial factor in the rise of the revolutionary movements of our time. In most cases when a revolutionary takes over a country, he turns it into a vast schoolroom with a population of cowed, captive pupils cringing at his feet. When he speaks the whole country listens."

[kellynla]

Excellent piece. Thanks for posting it. Every day I find another reason to home school children.

[Ahban]

Yep. Its about control. We need to eliminate the unconstitutional Department of education and push all school power as close to the family level as possible. Local control of schools, in partnership with a healthy homeschooling base, is the answer. It is the perfect antidote to the danger of schools being used as instruments of statist indoctrination.

[don-o]

Yes, government has an obligation to ensure that children receive an adequate education.

Faulty premise.

The "obligation" is on the parents, not the state.

[kellynla]

Wouldn't a class action lawsuit by home schoolers against the state put a stop to the harassment.

[quantim]

Let's start with some NEA teacher's union busting along with state-level teacher's unions. They're the real lobbyists for the DUmming down of America.

[RAY]

In some countries, the Islamic Fundamentalist control the state sponsored schools! We know the results of that!

Most home schooled children score much higher academically than those in the public schools.

[ladylib]

Hslda.org does a pretty good job of thwarting detrimental homeschooling legislation. Many times, bad bills do not even make it out of committee.

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, homeschools and private schools are exempt from federal legislation. Many states have tried to pass legislation which would make homeschoolers take the same tests that public students must take under NCLB. When informed by HSLDA.org that they will lose all federal funding if they try it, they back off.

The genie is out of the bottle, and they can't put it back in again. Some states realize it now, and try to entice homeschoolers back into the system by offering on-line courses or classes at the public school.

[international american]

"Most home schooled children score much higher academically than those in the public schools."

That is a fact!

[EdReform]

See reply 12 in the thread HOPE FOR AMERICA: Growing Non-Union Teacher Associations Provide Alternatives to NEA and AFT

[EdReform]

Ping

[valkyrieanne]

What I don't like about articles like this, is that they drop a few "scare" anecdotes with no specifics. Then everyone runs around thinking, "Oh, homeschooling is under attack - whatever shall we do?"

The sky is still firmly attached in place last time I looked. But to keep it that way, homeschoolers need to rely less on organizations to "protect" them, either personally or on the state level. It's especially unnecessary and undesirable to let out-of-state organizations (no matter how well-intentioned) come into one's local community or state to "fix everything" as if they were "experts."

[Alia]

There is another benefit which seldom if ever gets mentioned in re Home Schooling -- family harmony. What do I mean by this? When one homeschools, there's a synergy which is accomplished through accommodating each member's schedule, and needs. Homeschooling takes place anywhere and at any time. Whereas in pub ed, the entire family MUST operate around the schedule and demands of the pub school.

The focus is quite different. In homeschooling, the focus is upon smoothly accomplishing individual member goals in a synergistic and calm manner. In pub ed, the focus is upon the family life orbiting around the school.

[arthurus]

Do you have an attribution for this quote?

[Bonny Dick]

Yes, and in homeschooling the child's peer group is other family members, not a bunch of ill bred, immature, children.

Since the mother and child or children spend so much time together, there is a closer bond between the family members and therefore, the child or children are more likely to heed the advice of the parents. It is the antithesis of the latchkey children.

Parents make a sacrifice to Homeschool their children and the children are intelligent enough to understand and appreciate the sacrifice, just as children who are neglected by their parents understand and resent the neglect.

[EdReform]

There is another benefit which seldom if ever gets mentioned in re Home Schooling -- family harmony.

Absolutely! I know several homeschool families and your observation/experience is true in every case.