"The best reason to homeschool."
What happens to the kids that aren't home schooled?
Why not join the school board?
That's up to each individual childs parents. The system is too corrupt to fix.
Becky
"For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places." Ephesians 6:12
One answer - read the book "Class Warfare" by Martin Rochester, a parent and college professor who lays it out very clearly how parents have the deck stacked against them, even when they are actively involved in every aspect of public education.
Then come back here and tell me how just joining the school board solves the problem.
Because you'll be outnumbered by the entrenched bureacracy, most of whom oppose a non-values-oriented approach to education.
I don't think the School Board in my town can do much more than rubberstamp the school budget. They can't touch curriculum, staffing, or books, or much of anything else.
I'm involved in an effort to split our huge, awful school district.
If we are successful, then I may run for school board in the new district.
Better yet, why doesn't every parent exercise his/her choice on what his/her kids learn, or what values they have, or how important education is in the home, or help them with their homework, or work with the teacher, or help in the classroom, or volunteer for the PTA, or go to school board meetings, or ....you get the picture.