[RichardsSweetRose]

In the name of "fairness," public education has produced a system which does a good job of providing politically correct indoctrination about subjects such as condom use, homosexual rights, global warming, etc. But it does a poor job of teaching children basic reading, writing and mathematics skills.

Wonderful so our children know about sex, but lack the basic skills got get a job. Can you say welfare!

[kassie]

JC Penney sold that tee shirt in '85? I thought that just happened a couple of years back.

[sport]

The teacher's union, the communists [liberals], and the democrats enjoy your children being raped, robbed, and assualted while atending public schools.

For the most part, their chldren attend private schools.

The reason that the democrat politicans oppose vouchers for all children to attend private schools is that they do not want thir children rubbing shoulders with poor blacks, hispanics, and poor white children.

It is perfectly ok to use these same children to further their political agenda.

There may be other reasons, but they are secondary to paragaph 2.

[TxBec]

ping

[Woodkirk]

And yet students from foreign nations without diplomas from
a state institution can readily get into any college with
financial aid -- what a goofy bureaumaniac country
we live in -- the People's Republic on the Potomac.

[G.Mason]

"In Texas, Baylor University formally accepted six students, only to deny them admission after realizing that they were home-schooled."

Undoubtably because the six home schooled students had not been "indoctrinated" by state run schools and posed a risk to those that were.

[Free the USA]

Bump list and fyi

[Zon]

When the top government official tells bald-face lies to the American public, ala Bill Clinton saying, "I didn't inhale" and "I didn't have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinski" and defaults to banality before the court saying "it depends on what the meaning of is, is," that is not an institution you want teaching your children. It's a glaring example of why government was never given constitutional power to conduct public education schooling. And especially not setting the curriculum.

That government usurped the citizens power to teach children further proves that government can be detrimental to your child and his or her education.

People are not stupid; given equal time to hear both sides of virtually any issue they have good judgjement. There's a saying in the lawyer field. "If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If you've got the law on your side pound on the law. If you've got neither, pound on the table."

The effectiveness of pounding on the table has been in rapid decline as a means of winning arguments. Even pounding on the law is losing it's luster. Contrastive, in-context facts are soaring in credibility with people.

Imagine what would happen if John Stossel got not five minutes air time each week but got five hours.

[anncoulteriscool]

Ef I hud been hume skulled i wuld be a butter speuller..hahahahaha.

[yoe]

Bill Clinton never intended to honor that bill as it was in direct opposition to the agenda of the NEA, AFT and AAUP all who are opposed to home schooling and give/gave millions to the Clintons.

As to home schooled children being denied entrance to some college or university, all parents should be aware that the Children’s Bill of Rights is the same as the United Nation’s and that is global social engineering, something no parent in their right mind would want. Among the bills before the senate are H.R.1614, HR 340 Check your state here: http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/default.asp to see if your state is one considering this rotten Hillary Rodham Clinton effort to stifle the parental rights to educate their child or children.

Special care must be taken in reading the rules for home schooled children for example `(c) SPECIAL RULE RELATED TO HOME SCHOOLING - In the case of education furnished to a child in a home , the credit under subsection (a) is allowable for a taxable year only if the child takes any applicable student achievement exam that all children enrolled in the nearest public school would ordinarily be required to take during the academic year beginning during the taxable year. HR1742 has some interesting rules but parents attempting home schooling should read it carefully. Getting away from Social Engineering is hard to do and the teacher’s unions don’t want the parent to ever again have to upper hand.

Under President Bush, there is some good news for the home schooled child but beware government handouts, they all have strings attached. Try Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/ and the words home schooling to read about the various H.S. pluses and minuses.