Posted on 02/16/2020 4:32:17 PM PST by lowbridge
A Mississippi Democrat introduced a bill in the state House that would force parents who homeschool their children to “provide the same curriculum” as government schools in Grades 9 through 12.
While homeschool parents and non-public schools currently have considerable freedom to teach children under their care according to their values, Mississippi House Bill 188would mandate that the same courses on Mississippi History and American Government currently taught in public schools would also be required of homeschool families, as well as private and parochial schools.
Introduced by state Rep. John Hines Sr. (D), the bill proposes:
The Mississippi History course must provide students with an examination of the history of the State of Mississippi from the age of discovery and colonization to the present with particular emphasis on the significant political, social, economic and cultural issues of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which have impacted the diverse ethnic and racial populations of the state. All private, parochial and home-based school programs shall provide the same curriculum requirements to students enrolled in Grades 9 through 12.
According to the Mississippi Center for Public Policy (MCPP), if passed, the bill “would give the state authority to dictate what parents teach their children and how they teach it.” The pro-family, pro-life organization argued that homeschool parents have the right to educate their children. It said that homeschoolers “generally make that choice because they want to set the curriculum that’s appropriate for their children free of state mandates.”
“Whether or not homeschool families in Mississippi teach Mississippi history or government – and we know most do – that is the choice of the parents, not the state,” the group stated.
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Math and English I might understand...But History and Gov’t??? Naw, that guys got an agenda and it’s not to benefit the home schooled kids...
Mississippi Democrat introduces bill to force homeschoolers to use govt-approved courses
Mississippi Democrat introduces bill to force homeschoolers to use govt-approved indoctrination.
More factual.
In the early 70s I worked as a Social Security Claims Rep. Establishing date of birth was one of our primary activities.
A lot of people in their sixties back then were born without a birth certificate. One of the primary ways of determining age was to get old school records.
I sent off for records for several Black people who attended grammar school in Mississippi. It was amazing how good their records were. Those segregated Black schools kept very good records.
No!
Next...
Will have to have a trannie show up to discuss and stuff; then there’s the PC stuff to go through and maybe perhaps reading/writing and ‘rithmatic, you know, the non-essentials gov’t doesn’t care about in public schools.
If we wanted our child to grow up illiterate and unable to think for herself, we would have sent her to public school in the first place.
We didn’t do that, and that is why she is self-sufficient and we are not supporting her at age 36.
Isn’t Mississippi in the bottom rankings on a yearly basis.
Maybe he should start at HOME and work his way up???
from US News
Mississippi Rankings
OVERALL RANKINGS
CATEGORYRANK
#49 out of 50 in 2018
#48
Overall Rank
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Rankings
Health Care #50
Education #46
Economy #48
Infrastructure #45
Opportunity #44
Fiscal Stability #44
Crime & Corrections #26
Natural Environment #11
I think the point of teaching about Islam in public schools is to understand it in a way that’s not true. I.e., it’s a religion of peace and tolerance. No mention of slave trading, oppression of women, persecution of other religions, jihad, or terrorism. All that is attributed to Christianity instead. Once the kids understand that, they’re “educated”.
Revolution II
Well, that ought to make Drag Queen Story Hour a bit more interesting! Ha!
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahaha...
NO!
With all due respect to Mississippi Freepers, it would be really interesting to know what Mississippi public schools are passing off as American government.
Insights welcome.
Remember in November!
MAGA! Now KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)
If I home schooled a kid and they learned enough to pass an ACT or a SAT test for college entrance, then to heck with public education.
My wife made up her homeschool curriculum. She used a variety of sources including some college texts. My girls started junior college at 13 and 14. One is now working on a PhD in the medical field. All done without “help” from the government. Government schools make morons, we do not need that infection in homeschools
The geniuses at the Ivy schools and elsewhere in the PhD programs tend to be homeschooled. The reason is that you can go a lot farther with one or two kids than you can with a whole class of varying ability.
Also, you can start everything at a younger age, when it sinks in better and stays with them.
They are taking off the mask.
They want _all_ kids to be equally ignorant, and obedient slaves of the state.
Hello, North Korea!
(Interesting tidbit—I saw a show which interviewed a North Korean family—with the government minders on camera, of course. The family explained that they owed their lives to the leader of North Korea. They were telling the simple truth—because the leader of North Korea could have them killed at any time for any reason. _This_ is the future the Democrats want for you and your family.)
Hopefully this bill is DOA.
Bump
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