Homeschooling Advocacy Group Says State Should Run Background Checks On Parents
There are a few states in the U.S. today which require relatively zero oversight when it comes to homeschooling of children in the state.
These states are places such as Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Texas, and other regions.
There are a variety of reasons that parents today might want to homeschool their children, whether it be for safety concerns, health concerns, or philosophical reasons etc, they might be a military family that moves often and home-school is a better option than consistently relocating schools for the children etc.
With the internet available as well, there are endless resources at our fingertips to help children become socialized today, no public school classroom is necessary to achieve such a feat. There are plenty of intelligent, capable, and successful, individuals who have been homeschooled and who turned out just fine as a result, putting to bed the old myth that homeschooled children cannot be properly educated or socialized.
As always, not everyone is happy with the lack of oversight for homeschooling and some think that more force regulation is needed to try and protect the children.
One homeschooling advocacy group, known as Coalition for Responsible Home Education, has done years of work tracking multiple cases of abuse involving homeschooled children, and they say that the state should do background checks on parents that are interested in homeschooling.
They are also reportedly looking for the academic progress of the child to be reported and evaluated on a regular basis. Other regions have similarly recently considered to introduce background checks for homeschooling parents as well.
While some are looking for more oversight, there are others who are passionate about achieving the opposite; looking to embrace the freedom and liberty of parents to educate their own.
Thanks to their grassroots efforts, homeschooling regulations have reportedly been scaled-back in various areas throughout the U.S. in recent years, including Pennsylvania, Utah, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Iowa.
They've made changes such as reducing the requirements for families to begin homeschooling their children, removing the requirement of families to submit certain information about their child, and more.
Asking for background checks for homeschooling parents isn't that unheard of, there are already at least two states that do require parents to submit to a background check before they can start to educate their own children.
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It's not like any group of people has a right to deliver their brand of propaganda to our children. Far too many folks have little understanding of what they actually are, and therefore have no idea that the state, schools, and institutions of every kind and stripe are but things sovereign people agree to employ for their purposes, at their sole options.
We are not property.
Thanks!
This hits a nerve immediately but eases my soul a bit when you mention PA as one of the relaxers of regulations.
Certainly ain't under my will, that I would submit any information to the modern feudal masters. Won't be relevant for a few years but still important to get involved now.
I won't be seeing my children indoctrinated by the satanic shit we see goin on today. Nor will they be literal target practice, shooting a fish in a barrel, for any crazed MK ultra lunatic.
This is an issue I try to stay aware of. We in GA do not have many rules to follow. It is a pretty easy state, but there are always people out there pushing for more and more regulation. They always manage to dig up that one homeschooler that makes us all look bad by either neglecting or abusing their children, and that is unfortunate. There are many more neglectful parents out there in the public school group also, and the issue of neglect or abuse much deeper than what method of education the parents choose.
I would be curious to know just who the people are in this "Home School Advocacy Group"? We have enough government interference in our lives already.
Last time I checked, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are supposed to be protected by the constitution.
I don't see government background checks being any part of those three things mentioned as far as I am concerned.
The Home School Advocacy Group may very well be a covert government run operation disguised to look like a home school group of people.
Home schooling can be much better then public schools in terms of being better educated in some instances plus alot f people , especially these days have safety concerns not only in the U.S but in Canada as well, plus in some cases its the only option if you live in a remote area Like us in Beaverdell which has busing , but its an hour commute each way! But I think the childs progress should be evaluated on a regular basis by mail or internet, and background checks or home visits should be done if child abuse is suspected. Aweseome post @doitvoluntarily ! upped earlier now resteemed.💕✌👍💁
Wow I’m surprised CT has such lax homeschooling laws... usually on the strict side of regulations
surprised to see that there were still quite a few 😄
Wants more government regulation? I think they need to go back to the dictionary and learn what "advocacy" means.