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Big win! Homeschooling legal again in California - SZONE.US
News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:06 PM EDT
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This week, there was a big win for parental and individual rights in – of all places – California. The state's Second District Court of appeals reversed its decision from earlier this year that would have made all home-schooled children in California truants in the eyes of the law.
This outrageous ruling said that the parents of 166,000 school-age children were breaking the law because state law dictates that children must be taught in full-time public or private schools, or by tutors with educational credentials approved by the state. It amounted to a de facto illegalization of homeschooling.
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{"commentId":3005694,"authorDomain":"leogodin"}
Common sense in California? I'm shocked. Home schooling routinely produces students who are more advanced than their public school peers. I know many home schoolers and none are perfect but almost every one gives a better education to their children than they would have received at the local public school.
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#1 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:09 PM EDT{"commentId":3005739,"authorDomain":"leogodin"}
By the way. If anyone is familiar with Erin Gruwell of the Freedom Writers, her curriculum is very typical of a home school curriculum. Public education should learn from home schooling instead of fearing it.
*** Some home schooled children do exclusively online courses. This is not what I'm talking about when I say a "typical home school curriculum". I'm talking about experiential learning from a concerned and involved teacher (the parent).
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#2 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:11 PM EDT{"commentId":3005841,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}
Well, I'm not 100% sure that there is (or indeed SHOULD be) a "typical" homeschool curriculum. I always thought the beauty of homeschooling in my family was that I (a reader) could learn MY way, my younger brother (a hands-on type) could learn HIS way, my other younger brother (a listener) could learn HIS way, and my youngest brother (a mix) could learn HIS way.
Also, I really do like online classes. I took a few APs from online sites (like PA Homeschoolers), and they were very beneficial. APs also prepare you for the SAT IIs, which are required by most colleges.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":3006742,"authorDomain":"leogodin"}
Very good point.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":3005797,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}
Clipped to Homeschoolers.
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- 2 votes
#3 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:14 PM EDT{"commentId":3006299,"authorDomain":"rsather139"}
Well, as a person who has been homeschooled, let me tell you that it is in fact more effective than public schools if the parents have the time and the students want to learn.
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- 4 votes
#4 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:42 PM EDT{"commentId":3008204,"authorDomain":"holysandal"}
Yes, but by your qualifiers, so is public school more effective, if the parents have time to help,and the student wants to learn.
Homeschooling is great, but to act like it is better because of curriculum is false. It's better because anytime parents are more involved, things are better.
To add more circumstantial narrative: I know many peers who were hindered by their homeschooling. Their parents were poor teachers. Consequently, the children were academically handicapped in college; grammar, second-language and mathematics, primarily.
But, the care and love of the parents made up for this, since they did teach them to work hard, in general and gave them plenty of attention.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":3008608,"authorDomain":"onlineapps"}
Yes, but by your qualifiers, so is public school more effective, if the parents have time to help,and the student wants to learn.
True... except that then, they're wasting their time in a classroom.
See, there are three tiers in a classroom. First tier: geniuses. They get bored out of their mind every second of the way. Second tier: The "slow" types. They just need more time to digest it, but the teacher won't give them the time. Third tier: The "average" types. The teacher goes at about the pace of ONE of these people, and the others follow along as best as they can.
Homeschooling, you go at your own pace.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":3014283,"authorDomain":"leogodin"}
Homeschooling is great, but to act like it is better because of curriculum is false.
I certainly disagree with you. I've looked at quite a bit of home schooling curriculum and it is almost always more challenging and more advanced than public school curriculum. Also, most home school curriculum that I have seen differs from public school curriculum in that it is experiential. Most home schoolers I know (I don't know if they are typical of home schoolers but from what I've read I believe they are) take a lot of field trips and/or volunteer time in places that accentuate the classroom learning. Public schools just don't offer the advanced curriculum or the experiential learning.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":3006343,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
Awesome. How ridiculous to take away the amazing opportunities afforded by homeschooling. While I have seen some homeschooled kids who clearly didn't get a quality education, I see more from public schools who didn't. And the majoring of people I know who were homeschooled really got to learn instead of just be taught.
I have a friend whose parents actually traveled with her and her lessons related to where ever they were. She graduated college Magna Cum Laude with a dual degree with world history and international relations because of the experiences she had as a kid. I'm so jealous.
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- 5 votes
#5 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:44 PM EDT{"commentId":3008782,"authorDomain":"Jivatmanx"}
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- 5 votes
#6 - Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:18 PM EDT{"commentId":3014262,"authorDomain":"leogodin"}
Well put. Well put.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":3024676,"authorDomain":"festivewarrior"}
Oh, my goodness!
This is GREAT news!
I guess I was so busy home-schooling I missed this one.
Voting for it! YAY!
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- 2 votes
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