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(D.C.) State Board of Education Approves New Restrictive Homeschool Regulations
Homeschool Legal Defense Association ^
| July 29, 2008
Posted on 07/29/2008 2:58:35 PM PDT by Sopater
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up to two annual portfolio reviews by the OSSE to determine whether a homeschool program, in OSSEs opinion, is providing regular, thorough instruction in the required subjects. No guidelines are provided by the Board giving the OSSE arbitrary discretion to implement these provisions.
Houston, we have a problem here. Over.
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posted on
07/29/2008 2:58:35 PM PDT
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
It IS socialism! DC's educrats are determined to make sure tender young minds are not left free of the state's value-free, socialist indoctrination.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:02:26 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Sopater
I'm pretty laid back, but it's almost time to call for armed resistance to crap like this.
/johnny
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:03:24 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: goldstategop
Indoctrination would mean the kids in DC schools would actually have to pay attention.
Instead they just care about weed and their thugs and who they’re gonna “git with” this weekend.
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:04:21 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(I just paid $63 for gas. An icefield in Alaska is NOT the Grand Canyon. F--- the caribou.)
To: RockinRight
Indoctrination would mean the kids in DC schools would actually have to pay attention.
This legislation is focused on homeschoolers who are not in the public school system. Essentially, it says that the OSSE gets to determine if the homeschool program meets their undefined, arbitrary invisible level of approval.
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:10:47 PM PDT
by
Sopater
(A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: Sopater
And having been a high school age student some 20 years ago in the DC area, it is amazing that their track record of regular education is not shaming them regularly.
I was lucky enough to have parents who sent my brother and I to private schools at that critical time in our education. Thanks Mom and Dad for the sacrifice.
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:11:58 PM PDT
by
doodad
To: Sopater
Lockridge likened the new power of the Superintendent over parents as a type of socialism.
Gee, you don't say? I'm shocked...shocked!
The ability of "professional educators" to grasp the obvious is staggering.
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:16:27 PM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: LearsFool
How D.C. Students Performed on National Reading and Math Tests
Perhaps through enough restrictive legislation and intensive oversight, the OSSE can bring homeschoolers down to their staggering level of accomplishment.
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:22:38 PM PDT
by
Sopater
(A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: metmom
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posted on
07/29/2008 3:32:46 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
To: Sopater
Pennsylvania is not friendly to homeschooling. They require a portfolio to be submitted to the local school district every year; you have to hire a professional evaluator to interview and examine the homeschooled student; you have to keep a detailed log showing 900 hours; and you have to provide proof of medical exams and dental exams and hearing checks and vaccinations, or bring the child to the school nurse for all these things.
And yes, even the private physician now insists on a private consultation with the child, no parents allowed to hear what is said.
The atmosphere is such that discretion is the better part of valor. You keep your head down, jump the hoops as demanded and pay those HSLDA dues just in case.
To: Sopater
It's real, but kind of weird that DC has a State Board of Education.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:12:35 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Sopater
What else can you expect from a place that flaunts the Constitution when it comes to the Second Amendment?
I guess they think it doesn’t apply to them.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:14:18 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Sopater; RockinRight
This legislation is focused on homeschoolers who are not in the public school system. Essentially, it says that the OSSE gets to determine if the homeschool program meets their undefined, arbitrary invisible level of approval. Does that mean that homeschoolers don't have to do any better than the public school system?
That's a free pass.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:16:07 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
And yes, even the private physician now insists on a private consultation with the child, no parents allowed to hear what is said. What would the doctor do if the child refused? Force them? Do the kids have a say in that?
I've talked to my kids about the private physician interviews and told them what they're about and that if they want me present, they need to tell the doctor that themselves. So far they've declined any private interviews.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:21:43 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Sopater
Permission to do nothing, I guess.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:22:20 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
You keep your head down, jump the hoops as demanded and pay those HSLDA dues just in case.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
HSLDA irritates me. They nibble around the edges instead of working to completely eliminate all government school interference.
I think HSLDA is dedicated to keeping the system on homeschooling the way it is. It is a question of permanent job protection for them.
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posted on
07/29/2008 4:47:39 PM PDT
by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
To: Sopater
When did D.C. become a State? So much for the U.S. Constitution.
To: wintertime
You have sound reasoning, as always; still, when you need a lawyer and you don’t have time to teach one how to think about homeschooling and how to represent you, HSLDA can be very useful.
I think of them as witch doctors for when a demon attacks. Your regular GP doesn’t even believe in demons. The witch doctor has a wagon full of effective exorcism tools. He doesn’t even need to open a bag in some cases, he just says “Begone!” and they be gone. :)
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
Excellent analogy! ( laughing.)
Most of the time all it takes is a phone call or letter from then and the government school demons evaporate.
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posted on
07/29/2008 5:04:08 PM PDT
by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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