[ColdWater]

The basis of most of our dumbed down society is the leftist teachers and you want to leave it to them??? The ones with this very agenda??

Please do not distort my position.

[bill1952]

Social Studies are very vital part of education...It can't be left to the parents because most parents are totally ignorant of the forces of communism at work today.

>Please do not distort my position.

What part of the above was distorted by my reply that it cannot be left to the public schools & the teachers therein?

[metmom]

bill1952 isn’t distorting your position.

Control of education belongs in the hands of the parents.

Teachers come from liberal, brainwashing institutions and there is nothing about getting a teaching degree that makes one more qualified to teach than the child’s parents or more likely to recognize and teach against communist agenda. As a matter of fact, the NEA defines communist agenda.

Whether it’s control of education in social studies, which has gotten progressively more liberal and PC as the years go on, or control of *science* education, government control of education is a liberal position.

Parents are more than qualified enough to teach their own children. Just because they didn’t choose to get an education degree doesn’t mean they aren’t.

Homeschoolers consistently outperform public school students. As a whole, they kick butt educationally, including in social studies and science.

SAT/ACT homeschoolers:
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200105070.asp

Standardized test scores homeschoolers:
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp