[CottonBall]

It is CDE's vision that 50 percent of all districts will include service-learning as part of their regular instructional practice, engaging students in at least one service-learning experience at each grade span (K-5, 6-8, and 9-12).

But this shows it is an option, not a requirement for each district. We've been lucky and always been in somewhat conservative areas. Looks like it's more important than ever that parents investigate the schools and districts before they decide to send their kids there. Same with private schools - so many are no better than public. Silly to give academic credit for public service - just another way to water down academics so kids are too stupid to understand who and what they are voting for.

Homeschooling is by far the best - for yet another reason now. I hope Obama and the other socialists don't take away that right.

Thanks for the link. I'll add it to my list of reasons why my friends should homeschool. (Those that ask me, anyway. ;)

[hedgetrimmer]

But this shows it is an option, not a requirement for each district

I'll be parents don't know its and option, and if you get a marxist-schooled principal, or gay/lesbian principals, as many schools now have in California, odds are you'll get an agenda to coerce students into 'volunteering' for their pet agendas.

Let's we forget, social engineering is the antithesis of a free people, and government mandated volunteering is nothing but social engineering.

Schools are for academics and they are already not voluntary. Everything else they do hurts freedom.