[Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS]

Go to your local public school, walk down the hallways and see what behaviors you would want your child to emulate Homeschooling and the Myth of Socialization

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

[4mycountry]

My family homeschools, and trust me, it's the smartest move you'll ever make.

[grobdriver]

Go to your local public school, walk down the hallways and see what behaviors you would want your child to emulate

Hah! That'll be a short trip, I'll wager!

[paulklenk]

Great article -- keep up the good work.

[kimmie7]

We're "playing school" this year with our 4 year old son. Next year is going to be more structured.

I really, really appreciate this article and will be making much use of the resources cited. THANK YOU!!!

[ibheath]

homeschool ping

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[I still care]

Found this website for those interested in the Charlotte Mason "Living Books" theory of Homeschooling

Free lesson plans for a 36 week course. I posting it here because I have the feeling it is really going to bless someone.

http://amblesideonline.homestead.com/

[Kuksool]

I find it very ironic that the NEA would gripe about homeschoolers suffering from "education neglect", when so many public school students score poorly on academic exams. The NEA could care less about the welfare of homeschoolers. The teachers' union wants to drag homschooling kids into government schools just to receive more federal funds.

[usmom]

I am beginning my second year of homeschooling with my 8 and 7 year olds. The 3 year old wants to and will be included doing preschool activities also. I have never been so happy or sure of a choice that I have made in my life. My kids enjoy it and we are having a great time learning and growing as a family. I can really notice a difference after they had in been in public school for only a year or two. If I had it to do over again, none of my children would have gone to school. I am so happy I will be able to homeschool my son form day one and he will never have any ill effects of the system to counter.

I do agree that it is a calling and that not everyone can or wants to do it. You will never convince someone who doesn't think they can do it or have enough money or whatever. The decision has to come from your heart and you have to be commited to it.

[EdReform]

I support homeschoolers Bump!

[BMiles2112]

Thanks for the links. We're just starting our family and I'm trying to convince my wife that homeschooling is the only way to go. She hates the idea. It'll be a battle.

[kuma]

We are homeschooling this year ^_^.

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

Placemarker

[nmh]

Fabulous post. You covered all bases.

Too often money, status and living beyond their means is the priority of "caring" parents.

[tutstar]

bttt

[abner]

ping.

[Libertina]

PING for homeschool pundits :)

[hsmomx3]

It is easier than one thinks. The first few years, I would concentrate on the 3R's. After that, ABeka for history and science as well as penmanship, Bob Jones for Bible and Spelling, definitely Saxon for math.

[Possenti]

Homeschool BUMP!

[Big Giant Head]

Bump so I can find this again the next time my computer "blue screens" while doing NOTHING, causing me to reboot (questioning first whether or not to just quit and go to bed (leaving it up to random chance that I would remember to look for the link in the morning)) and not have my surfing accurately displayed in my history folder and having to search FR by title keywords, that I luckily remembered, because the article contained some links I wanted to check out.

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