[Calico]

Thank you for bringing this article to my attention. I am curious to know what you think of the requirement for the homeschooling parent to have a 4-year college degree--as is the case in some states. Is this a deterent or is there a legitimate reason behind it?

I will graduate college just in time to homeschool my child, but I wonder--from what I have experienced in my institute of "higher education"--if that will make me a more capable homeschooler than my child's godmother with whom I share virtually the same life experience, save her decision to stay home and mine to go to the University.

[Slyfox]

One of the best homeschooling moms I know did not graduate from high school. The need for accredidation is a bunch of malarchy. What is really needed is the parent's willingness to do a good job and access to good books. I would say that some NEA types have neither of those two requirements.

[petuniasevan]

I can't think of any legitimate reason any state could name for requiring parents to have a 4-year college degree in order to homeschool their own children.

Only a high-school education is required for military service.
Registering to vote doesn't even require that much.
Dittos for getting a driver's license.
In most states, a day-care provider needs no special training, just a license to operate the center.

The degree requirement HAS to be a deterrent, promoted by and for the public education establishment.

[Marie]

What state do you live in?