Comments on: Home Schooling Just Got Tougher

By: Mid-Week Round-Up | Los Angeles Metblogs

Mid-Week Round-Up | Los Angeles Metblogs — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:46:16 +0000

[...] On Twitter, homeschoolhelp posts links to news articles and blog posts about the recent California ruling. [...]

By: frazgo

frazgo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:05:47 +0000

Interesting quote "pretty cookie cutter and not aimed at helping students discover their true callings." My take on it for what it is worth is that our schools in recent years have been focused on getting great test scores not teaching them to think. Regurgitation only goes so far in real life.

Standards for the Home School kids is one thing. Requiring teaching creds is interesting and not sure how far that will go to fix a perceived problem.

The home school kids I’ve met over the years are those that didn’t fit traditional schools at the most basic of social levels so that was the education of last resort for those kids. Home schooling is a viable option for those kids. I don’t think the teaching creds needs to be a requirement for the reasons Markland so aptly notes.

By: Annika Barranti

Annika Barranti — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:03:18 +0000

The insane thing about this ruling (which I am sure will be overturned - it cited a 1950 case as precedent!) is that in California any family can register as a private school and is not required to follow set curriculum! The Home School Legal Defense is looking into the decision. More here and a brief outline of California law here.

By: David Markland

David Markland — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:43:28 +0000

I know some great home schooled kids, so I don’t think home schooling is inherently bad, but these kids have responsible parents, and the kids are freakin’ smart.

However, not having some standards for home schooling leads to an environment that is ripe for abuse.

Whether or not a teaching cred is the solution is another matter (there are plenty of people smarter and better suited to teach who don’t have college degress, which, I believe, a teaching cred requires at minimum).