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Blaming homeschools for student mass exodus?

Homeschooling has been on the rise in America since even before its benefits were emphasized by the government attacks on freedoms during the COVID pandemic.

Now a commentary posted at America Out Loud is blasting bureaucrats for blaming the continuing migration by students from public schools to homeschools on the homeschools themselves.

Podcaster Dean Bowen writes there, “The Washington Post editorial board recently stated, ‘Where there’s no oversight, there’s no guarantee that children will learn skills considered foundational in public education and essential to adult life.'”

Bowen jumps in, “I strongly disagree. Many public schools are making the exact point, only in reverse. Where there is government oversight, there is no guarantee that children will learn skills considered foundational and essential to adult life. Some would say where there is government oversight, there is a guarantee that the children will not learn those skills. Parents who love their children are going to be sure their kids have the skills necessary to live a full life.”

He said those in position to make policy simply blame “other educational options” when it’s clear that crowds are fleeing public schools.

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2 thoughts on “Blaming homeschools for student mass exodus?”

  1. My daughter homeschools and the kid is supposedly in sixth grade. I have yet to see a real textbook it’s all coloring books, flashcards, and Bible comics, and the kid’s vocabulary is lacking. Play dates are not enough socialization for a child to apply the things they learn like the forum of the classroom. As bad as the schools may be the kid will be competing against a mass of people educated that way and will likely face college admission and hiring biases. Without unions, the wages of trade jobs will no longer proffer middle-class incomes, especially with immigrants with the same skills willing to do it for less.

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