The California ruling is a shocking new development. But what amazed me is to see so many people on the internet disingenuously claiming that all sorts of dire consequences from homeschooling are the norm.
Some of the claims made: learning disabled children without adequate skills, children who have a lack of social skills, kids who graduate without adequate academic skills to get into college. The school systems in our nation, particularly in poor, rural or inner city schools routinely turn out kids with all these problems and many more. It is these results that have driven the exponential rise in homeschooling.
I taught in the public schools for years before I had my own children. In a "good school system." When my own children became of school age I chose to home school them. I am Christian, but not right wing (I am an Episcopalian and avid DKos fan).
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