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Originally posted by otherhalf
Parent Education:
found no significant statistical differences in academic achievement between those students taught by parents with less formal education and those students taught by parents with higher formal education
The findings of this study do not support the idea that parents need to be trained and certified teachers to assure successful academic achievement of their children.
Regulation:
whether a state had a high degree of regulation (i.e., curriculum approval, teacher qualifications, testing, home visits) or a state had no regulation of homeschoolers, the homeschooled students in both categories of states performed the same. The students all scored on the average in the 86th percentile regardless of state regulation.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised today to ensure that parents have the right to homeschool their children, after a state appeals court ruling severely restricted the practice in California.
"Every California child deserves a quality education and parents should have the right to decide what's best for their children," the governor said in a statement. "Parents should not be penalized for acting in the best interests of their children's education. This outrageous ruling must be overturned by the courts and if the courts don't protect parents' rights then, as elected officials, we will."
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Originally posted by resistor
Government schools = Indoctrination centers.
While slightly less than half of the general population attended or graduated from college, almost 88% of home school students have parents who continued their education after high school.
Over 97% of homeschoolers live in a two-parent family....
Homeschoolers watch significantly less television than non-homeschoolers...
On average, home school students are in larger families.
hey, that is just great that so many of you believe there can be no EXCEPTIONS to parents wanting to homeschool their children. so... you will not be concerned when muslim parents want to homeschool their children only in the way of islamic teachings, or pagan parents want to homeschool their children only in the teaching of witchcraft or how about scientology parents homeschooling their kids strictly in the ron hubbard way of living and how about those devil worshippers keeping their kids at home to teach them about the glorious worship of the devil.
Croskey said in his ruling:
"A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare," the judge wrote, quoting from a 1961 case on a similar issue.
Originally posted by mybigunit
If mothers must have teaching degrees to teach their own kids then if you want to run for congress, senate, or president you need teaching, economic, foreign relations, finance, history, and math. If I cant teach my kids without a degree you cant run or make decisions for this country without one from each of the above. Period.
By statute the Secretary [of Defense] must be a civilian who has not served in the active component of the armed forces for at least 10 years.
Originally posted by jimmyx
hey, that is just great that so many of you believe there can be no EXCEPTIONS to parents wanting to homeschool their children. so... you will not be concerned when muslim parents want to homeschool their children only in the way of islamic teachings, or pagan parents want to homeschool their children only in the teaching of witchcraft or how about scientology parents homeschooling their kids strictly in the ron hubbard way of living and how about those devil worshippers keeping their kids at home to teach them about the glorious worship of the devil.
Originally posted by jimmyx
hey, that is just great that so many of you believe there can be no EXCEPTIONS to parents wanting to homeschool their children. so... you will not be concerned when muslim parents want to homeschool their children only in the way of islamic teachings, or pagan parents want to homeschool their children only in the teaching of witchcraft or how about scientology parents homeschooling their kids strictly in the ron hubbard way of living and how about those devil worshippers keeping their kids at home to teach them about the glorious worship of the devil.