Are they really going to stop home schooling in California?

Question

I lived in Los Angeles for over 25 years. I home schooled my children there. 10 years ago, my kids grown and on their own, I moved to Illinois. But, still have family on CA. My sister home schools her children as well. But, now it's going to be illegal to do that? Why is California interfering with the rights of parents?

Why should kids g to a public school where they don't even teach in English? Private schools cost too much, so home schooling works out best.

Answer 1

California is doing this because it is stylish and  "In" and a lot of pressure groups do not like the facts that the kids learn better, and that they also often learn much better ethical standards, as opposed to the "anything goes as long as it is morally or ethically bad" philosophies of most of the government-run public schools.

They do not want to think people are not rubber stamps, but are good in various things, and that children learn better from teachers than babysitters whose hands are tied on discipline.

And home schools are opposed by those who want a politically-correct child rather than a moral and honest child as the result of education.

And finally, there is a carefully-nurtured public fear that the home-schooled kids will in fact be smarter but psychologically warped and become unsocialized monsters...direct evidence notwithstanding.  But the propagandists are very loud and insistent.

Our public schools are busy teaching lies as science; the Al Gore film that a court found was a pack of lies is still being shown as true science.  Home schooling shows real science and practical science, and delves deeper..and that is bad for politicians who want to conceal truth, usually for monetary gains for themselves.

Home schooling is bad for corrupt politicians, for propagandists, for false advertisers, and probably even for immoral Hollywood stars and p**n producers.

So why would California especially not like home schooling?   Just think!!!

Besides, it is now better called, as you somewhat pointed out, Mexifornia!!  And we do not want to upset especially the illegal Mexicans there.  They might not stay bought and vote the wrong way

Answer 2

I wouldn't worry about this too much. All the home school families have to do is set up a private school as an umbrella school and then keep home schooling. If there are 50,000 home schoolers it wouldn't cost more than $10 per child to set up a private school.

Answer 3

Yes, and it's about time! Now they need to enforce this all over the USA. SO many parents are totally unqualified to teach ANYTHING and now the kids will have a decent education. I have always found it appalling that parents could do this, they are short changing their own children, unless, of course, they have the qualifications which, of course, most do not. So the little homeschooling cliques will be scrutinized and held accountable, I think it's GREAT! Bravo California!

Answer 4

I don't know where you heard this or what you heard. I doubt they will make it illegal.

For more info go to www.hslda.org

Answer 5

jdeekdee - there was a ruling handed down last week in the 2nd Appellate Court in LA that decided that homeschooling is unconstitutional in CA unless the parent/tutor is a certified teacher in each grade that they  are teaching.  You can find details at HSLDA, CHN, etc.

HSLDA is on this, as are other advocacy groups in CA and around the country.  There is already a petition being formed and signed to depublish the ruling, which would make it inadmissable as precedent in any other case.  There will be an appeal as well, but as HSLDA wasn't involved in the case (the family weren't members and didn't alert them), they have to go through all the background and discovery first.

From what I've heard from friends who homeschool there, they are going on with business as usual and allowing the advocacy/legal groups to handle it.  I would suggest getting the e-lerts from HSLDA and keeping up with whatever they suggest.  The petition can be found here: https://www2.hslda.org/Registrations/Dep...

Hope that helps!

Answer 6

This decision was made by a 75yo male.

While my own grandfather was wonderful at 75, I have seen enough people that age to know there are certain tendencies:

*stuck in their ways

*not open to new ideas

*like things to be how they've always been

*are very convinced they are right

(All right, I have to admit that even my grandfather was somewhat like that!)

Men, in particular, tend to be more wary of homeschooling as it is. Combine these points and it's rather self-explanatory how this happened.

This decision will likely not stick because there are plenty of other people who are not like the above, not to mention that the judge, in his self-seen "wisdom" essentially created a law instead of just enforcing or interpreting a law. A single judge can not do that.

Answer 7

No. The only time they will go after home schoolers is when the education they purport to provide is obviously substandard, as in the Long case. Some home schoolers don't like the idea of quality control, so they are trying to make a big deal of it. But I am sure your sister will be fine. And by the way, there is no California public school "where they don't even teach in English." Some of them are fortunate enough to offer other languages in addition to English, but never instead of English.