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It isn't even close to a missing element. As the article points out, the growth in homeschooling is being driven by a desire for higher quality education. The

It isn't even close to a missing element. As the article points out, the growth in homeschooling is being driven by a desire for higher quality education. There are more resources available to homeschoolers than in traditional education settings. Again, as the article points out, the pandemic led a lot of people to give it a look. Once they did, they realized that it was nothing like the reputation it had at the time. That reputation is changing.

jqpabc123 4y ago
There are more resources available to homeschoolers Resources still need to be chosen and applied effectively. What happens if the parent/teacher doesn't understand the subject and isn't qualified to make these decisions? The underlying assumption here --- parents are just as qualified as trained teachers --- in every subject. This is almost certainly not true in many of not most cases. How about we give home schooling parents a test of some sort to determine if they have what it takes to be an effective teacher of a particular subject?
- Kon-Peki 4y ago
  > How about we give home schooling parents a test of some sort to determine if they have what it takes to be an effective teacher of a particular subject? LOL, if you want this to be the hill you die on, go right ahead. Ultimately it boils down to figuring out where the rights of the state exceed those of the parent, and you have an awful lot of case law against you. But please, think of the children. And while we're at it, let's apply the same standard to public and private (and religious) school teachers.
  - jqpabc123 4y ago
    And while we're at it, let's apply the same standard to public and private (and religious) school teachers. Great idea! This standard already applies to most public schools. You can't get hired to teach without some sort of certification in most areas.

jqpabc123 4y ago

There are more resources available to homeschoolers Resources still need to be chosen and applied effectively. What happens if the parent/teacher doesn't understand the subject and isn't qualified to make these decisions? The underlying assumption here --- parents are just as qualified as trained teachers --- in every subject. This is almost certainly not true in many of not most cases. How about we give home schooling parents a test of some sort to determine if they have what it takes to be an effective teacher of a particular subject?

Kon-Peki 4y ago
> How about we give home schooling parents a test of some sort to determine if they have what it takes to be an effective teacher of a particular subject? LOL, if you want this to be the hill you die on, go right ahead. Ultimately it boils down to figuring out where the rights of the state exceed those of the parent, and you have an awful lot of case law against you. But please, think of the children. And while we're at it, let's apply the same standard to public and private (and religious) school teachers.
- jqpabc123 4y ago
  And while we're at it, let's apply the same standard to public and private (and religious) school teachers. Great idea! This standard already applies to most public schools. You can't get hired to teach without some sort of certification in most areas.