Home Schooling Outlawed in California
Never thought I’d see this coming. A California appeals court ruled yesterday that parents without teaching credentials cannot home school their own children. This is gonna get ugly. You can read more and find some great links at Denny Burk’s blog.
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No More Homeschooling in California? « faithmaps blog said this on March 8, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I think this isn’t as bad as it seems. It is always good to ensure homemakers have some certification or training to ensure they are teaching according to established standards.
I can go into one very close example where I saw a mom who basically hated and failed school keeping her kids home to “home school” but it was just an excuse for her to sleep in. The kids got up, did workbooks and then played video games all day as she “chatted” it up with her church group about how fantastic it all was.
The net was anti-social, very uneducated teenagers
Dave Brown said this on March 9, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I agree Dave. There are going to be those who abuse it. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
Rabbi said this on March 9, 2008 at 8:37 pm
hey buddy. I think this election is wrapped up. It will be Obama in November. Not sure what to think other than I hope he takes the role seriously and lives up to his hype for the economy.
Dave
David Brown said this on March 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hey bro: As a homeschool parent and Magness fan, I thought you’d like to see a blog I’ve just posted, concerning this and also concerning some comments I’ve recently heard from Texas PS teachers, who confess that students are passing and graduating, who have no business doing so.
Here’s the link: http://scrawnypulpit.blogspot.com/2008/03/hypocrisy-in-california.html
Lance said this on March 12, 2008 at 2:26 pm