Homeschool

Judge Overrides Parental Rights

Fri, 03/13/2009 - 7:49am | posted by Shana Kluck

World Net Daily is reporting that a North Carolina judge has ordered that three homeschooled children must start attending public school in the fall, despite the fact that the children test well above grade level and appear to be well-adjusted socially.

The parents are going through a divorce, and though the children have been homeschooled for the past four years and, according to the judge, “thrived” in that setting, the judge has ruled in accordance with the wishes of the father, who believes that it’s time for the children to return to the public school system.

American Family Law is Anti-family

Sun, 03/15/2009 - 11:52am | posted by Alina Stefanescu Coryell

Stephen Baskerville paints a frightening picture of American family law— a picture that seems to be torn from a book about communism or Nazism. Although I disagree with his designation of family law as “totalitarian”, I think his arguments about the extent to which the government has betrayed American families are quite compelling. Given his personal experiences with the family court system, Baskerville’s opinions cannot be dismissed as abstractions. Baskerville writes:

The Importance of School Choice

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 8:24am | posted by Brett Bittner

As most schools in the Atlanta area are beginning their ‘08-‘09 school year and summer vacation ends, I am reminded once again about the money pit that is public/government education. As we dump our tax dollars into it, we are getting less of a return on our investment with each successive year of unacceptable results.

A local school system, which will remain nameless, averaged spending over $13,000 per student in 2004 (the most recent year I could find information). Their academic reputation is certainly not one that would influence me to send my child there. In fact, the superintendent’s focal point for the 2007-2008 school year was identifying gang members and prohibiting their freedom of expression through symbols, gestures, and colors. It is not a focus on ensuring the best education for the students in the county’s educational system. It is not a focus on teaching methods to reach the students. It is not a focus on achieving something, but rather a focus on something that can be easily eliminated in a school choice scenario.