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Mind your own business and leave the kids alone.
And I do mean it, this time.
Scientific American Magazine Calls for Federal Homeschooling Regulations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...zine-calls-federal-homeschooling-regulations/
Scientific American magazine is calling for federal regulations for homeschooling, even suggesting that parents of homeschooled children “undergo a background check.”
The opinion was put forth in a June 17 newsletter, first citing National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) showing that nearly three percent of American children — 1.5 million — were homeschooled in 2019.
The newsletter admits that homeschooled children have excelled, going on to win national spelling bees, even pointing to famed Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, who was homeschooled by his mother.
“But most states don’t require the same assessment of homeschooled kids that are required for their public school peers. Parents are not required to have an education themselves to direct instruction,” the newsletter explains, identifying this as a problem, “and in most states, no one checks to see that children are receiving an education at all. In the worst cases, homeschooling can hide abuse.”
The newsletter concludes that “homeschooling should be subject to some basic federal mandates.” Editors of the Scientific American espouse this controversial opinion in the June issue, concluding that “homeschool parents should be required to undergo a background check — the same as K-12 teachers.”
“Additionally, homeschool instructors could be required to submit documents every year to their local school district or to a state agency to show that their children are learning,” it continues.
“Education is a basic right,” the editors say. “We need to make sure kids have chances to investigate what makes them curious, study history and science and reading.”
https://x.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1802897185425743965
And I do mean it, this time.
Scientific American Magazine Calls for Federal Homeschooling Regulations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...zine-calls-federal-homeschooling-regulations/
Scientific American magazine is calling for federal regulations for homeschooling, even suggesting that parents of homeschooled children “undergo a background check.”
The opinion was put forth in a June 17 newsletter, first citing National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) showing that nearly three percent of American children — 1.5 million — were homeschooled in 2019.
The newsletter admits that homeschooled children have excelled, going on to win national spelling bees, even pointing to famed Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, who was homeschooled by his mother.
“But most states don’t require the same assessment of homeschooled kids that are required for their public school peers. Parents are not required to have an education themselves to direct instruction,” the newsletter explains, identifying this as a problem, “and in most states, no one checks to see that children are receiving an education at all. In the worst cases, homeschooling can hide abuse.”
The newsletter concludes that “homeschooling should be subject to some basic federal mandates.” Editors of the Scientific American espouse this controversial opinion in the June issue, concluding that “homeschool parents should be required to undergo a background check — the same as K-12 teachers.”
“Additionally, homeschool instructors could be required to submit documents every year to their local school district or to a state agency to show that their children are learning,” it continues.
“Education is a basic right,” the editors say. “We need to make sure kids have chances to investigate what makes them curious, study history and science and reading.”
https://x.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1802897185425743965
