"Parents have the original, primary, and inalienable right to educate their children, and it is the place of schools to assist them. But rights not asserted are rights lost by default. Parental rights are not self-enforcing; they have to be exercised by vigilant and concerned parents."
- Arthur J. Delaney, “The Grotesque World of Today’s Sex Education,” New Oxford Review, p. 16, May 1996.
And parents certainly have the original, primary, and inalienable right to pull their kids out of the public schools and educate them at home. The majority seem to be a doing great job educating their children.
You wouldn't happen to be a member of the National Education Association Union, would you?
Those who assert any "inalienable" right must be able to validate it. I've seen no legal validation that supports the existence of an inalienable right to homeschool.
The majority seem to be a doing great job educating their children.
So they say. Post any independent verification of the same that includes statistically valid numbers of children. Hint: Two or more anecdotes do not constitute scientific data.
For all you homeschoolers - I'm not a teacher, nor am I a school administrator. In a matter as important as education, it is imperative that the educators be as qualified as possible. To assert that a parent is as qualified to teach as a trained educator is as fallacious as asserting that one may gain the skills necessary for heart surgery by studying books at the local library and be qualified to offer that service to a family member or the public.