[cgbg]

I am a big supporter of home-schooling.

However, I disgree with the author that the reason to support it is to "reform" public schools.

The leftists have ruined many public schools beyond repair in our lifetime.

Parents should homeschool because they love their children and want the best for their children. That is reason enough.

I look forward to a day when public schools are abolished. New institutions need to be created based on the needs of a future marketplace.

To the eternal liberal question of "what do we do about poor children?" my simple answer is "let the debate begin", district by district, town by town, state by state. Perhaps "public" schools should be treated as charities manned by volunteers. But the teacher's unions and the local, state, and federal bureaucracy need to be put out of business.

The current system is broken beyond repair. Public schools in many districts are little more than a mixture of prisons, indoctrination centers, and babysitting centers and define the abuse and heglect of children.

[Chemnitz]

There was an excellent public school in Arlington Heights, Chicago area. The teachers were excellent and independent. They had outstanding graduates. The public school system destroyed the school because it made everyone else look bad.

Look at the U. of Phoenix, started by one man. He was run out of California and started over in Phoenix. It is now the largest private school in America. The numbers are phenomenal.

Americans like education and pay for it. But they do not like what the public system is offering.