Threat to Homeschooling (John Stossel)

Townhall.com ^ | April 2, 2008 | John Stossel

[Astronaut]

I agree. The Founding Fathers would be vomiting in their graves if they could see what has become of the Republic they created.

[DeLaine]

I think the state court is looking at the state Constitution upside down. The court finds no constitutional right to homeschool one’s children. But in a free country, people are free to do anything not expressly prohibited by law. If the Constitution is silent about homeschooling, then the right is reserved to the people. That’s how the Framers of the U.S. Constitution said things are supposed to work.

I just had to repeat that again

[wintertime]

That's one thing this otherwise excellent article didn't take into account. Many of the homeschoolers I know got their GEDs at age 15 or so, and are in community college taking courses by age 16.
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Yes, homeschoolers often take the SAT and ACT at far younger ages than institutionalized children.

By the way, two of my homeschoolers finished college at the age of 18 with B.S. degrees in mathematics!

[lainie]

Good for him, for making this point.

Though, honestly, government schools aren’t turning out good citizenship or patriotism, so loyalty to the state is all that’s left. Problem with that is, no one pays attention to who’s running the state anymore.