Posted on 08/27/2003 11:48:30 AM PDT by Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
Over time, the achievement gap between home-school students and their peers nationwide widens. By the time home-school students reach eighth grade, their median scores are more than four grade equivalents above their public school peers (see figure 3).Learning at Home
Moore is calling for something more radical than mere reform. Government schools, he maintains, cannot be reformed. Moreover, they have an origin that differs markedly from what the Framers wanted, and from the beginning were on collision course with the principles of a Constitutional republic. Finally and most importantly, government schools violate Biblical principles that place responsibility for educating children on the family, not the government. Moore recently told me: "We believe that from Scripture and theology, God gave education to the family with assistance from the Church, and that the State has no legitimate authority over what we call K-12 education." He added, "The State is in fact violating God's law. You can't reform something that shouldn't exist." In his opinion, we should not be surprised that government schools, in addition to their failure to educate, have nurtured attitudes and points of view resolutely hostility to Christianity and Christians. Moore therefore argues on Biblical and not just on political and economic grounds that instead of trying to reform government schools, Christians ought to abandon them in favor of private Christian schools and homeschooling. A Christian Exodus from Government Schools?
It's called "soft dictatorship" – government's attempt to control every aspect of American life for your own good or for the good of the children. The ultimate issue is power. Homeschooling - The real reason the state opposes ,WorldNetDaily,December 12, 2002
The article assembles evidence from several sources to confirm that home schooling is growing. It finds home-schooled children more likely to be middle income, white, from larger families, and from two-parent families with one parent not working. While some authors have described a division between religiously-motivated and academically-motivated home schoolers, this research finds more support for a divide based on attitude towards regular schools.Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics
Hah! That'll be a short trip, I'll wager!
I really, really appreciate this article and will be making much use of the resources cited. THANK YOU!!!
With all due respect, that is a myth. I point you to a previous post where I analyze the population statistics. My conclusion based on the data is as follows:
' If you take the time to look at the data, what you see is that the two income households are not barely scraping by on two incomes. In fact, on average, they are substantially better off than one-income households. This destroys the myth that the only families who can afford to have one income are the super rich.
The full analysis can be found here.
That is a fallacy. We know people who home school starting at 1:00 AM when parents are home. We know others who almost exclusively use the public library for resources instead of buying the latest and greatest at the home school conferences.
Last but not least a good friend of ours taught her two daughters through high school. The mom took the GED at the same time her younger daughter did. Mom went on to college and is now working for an accounting firm as a junior CPA partner. In the 16 or so years we have home schooled we have seenabout every situation there is. The secret is to have the conviction that you are responsible for educating your children. If you are doing it for convenience you will not have the same results.
Everybody is given the same amount of time. How we spend it is our choice. As far as education goes, if necessary I can pull studies showing that the test results of homeschoolers are above their public and private school peers regardless of the level of parent education.
Listen. How someone chooses to educate their children is their business and I have absolutely no problem with that. I simply take issue with those who say they are unable to homeschool their children. If someone doesn't want to, that is fine. But not wanting to is not the same as being unable to.
Then who plays with the 4 monitors in your office?
Say what?
Between my wife and I we have all of ZERO degerees, but somehow we have managed to homeschool all 4 or our kids - 2 through highschool so far.
While this may be true for single parents, it's not really a problem for most two-earner families. Look at it this way. What better way to change the face of public education in the US than having every concerned parent pull there children out of the public schools for one year?
If the education establishment isn't responsive to the desires of the parents now, why would they ever change. If we just keep sending little Johnny and Susie off for indoctrination, why would they ever think we want a fundamental change in the way public education is delivered in this country.
I remember reading an article concerning the long waiting lists for charter and traditional schools in my area. Why is that? If the demand is for these types of schools, the state should be supplying them. But they don't and every parent just goes along with it.
That is the reason we homeschool.
...oops! and it shows. That's DEGREES.
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