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What? The right-wing purpose of home-schooling is to get away from the religious indoctrination in public schools. And their support of school choice means el

What? The right-wing purpose of home-schooling is to get away from the religious indoctrination in public schools. And their support of school choice means elite schools for everybody, instead of just the rich, which is the status quo. And at least in my school district, homeschoolers in the district could participate in extracurriculars like band and drama a la carte.

8mHMCkRHnyBi4DH 4y ago
> The right-wing purpose of home-schooling is to get away from the religious indoctrination in public schools Not even close. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/18/texas-schools-in-god-we-trust/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/18/texas-schools-in-god... https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106290141/supreme-court-high-school-coach-right-to-pray https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106290141/supreme-court-high... Their purpose is to get away from the political indoctrination in public schools. And honestly, considering how much of what's taught in school about our government and society just isn't true... I don't blame 'em. (To be fair, a lot of them would probably try and get away from religious indoctrination if it weren't Christian.) > And their support of school choice means elite schools for everybody, instead of just the rich, which is the status quo. How do you figure that? The well-off are still the only people who will be able to afford the best education, because the reality is the amount of money you spend on education is highly correlated with the success of that education. The only thing it will do for the rest is take those with plenty of money out of the public school's tax base, decreasing the quality of education there even further.
Bud 4y ago
Elite schools for everybody? Hard to laugh hard enough at that. No. It doesn't mean that at all. We were a lot better off when participation in the public schools was much higher. Draining resources from that system cripples it, and only a tiny minority can afford to send their kids to a quality school without it.
- Ferrotin 4y ago
  But our public schools are fine, except in places where they have a lot of violence (and private schools are not a factor). Education everywhere is throttled by students’ time and attention, not the quality of the schools. “School choice” means vouchers, so that means everybody can afford to send their kids to a private school. That won’t make the kid any smarter, but they’re usually in a better school culture.
  - LtWorf 4y ago
    choice means a religious indoctrination school normally

8mHMCkRHnyBi4DH 4y ago

> The right-wing purpose of home-schooling is to get away from the religious indoctrination in public schools Not even close. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/18/texas-schools-in-god-we-trust/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/18/texas-schools-in-god... https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106290141/supreme-court-high-school-coach-right-to-pray https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106290141/supreme-court-high... Their purpose is to get away from the political indoctrination in public schools. And honestly, considering how much of what's taught in school about our government and society just isn't true... I don't blame 'em. (To be fair, a lot of them would probably try and get away from religious indoctrination if it weren't Christian.) > And their support of school choice means elite schools for everybody, instead of just the rich, which is the status quo. How do you figure that? The well-off are still the only people who will be able to afford the best education, because the reality is the amount of money you spend on education is highly correlated with the success of that education. The only thing it will do for the rest is take those with plenty of money out of the public school's tax base, decreasing the quality of education there even further.

Bud 4y ago

Elite schools for everybody? Hard to laugh hard enough at that. No. It doesn't mean that at all. We were a lot better off when participation in the public schools was much higher. Draining resources from that system cripples it, and only a tiny minority can afford to send their kids to a quality school without it.

Ferrotin 4y ago
But our public schools are fine, except in places where they have a lot of violence (and private schools are not a factor). Education everywhere is throttled by students’ time and attention, not the quality of the schools. “School choice” means vouchers, so that means everybody can afford to send their kids to a private school. That won’t make the kid any smarter, but they’re usually in a better school culture.
- LtWorf 4y ago
  choice means a religious indoctrination school normally