Parents arrested for failure to register homeschooled kids

[fancbrd4me02]

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I would love to see where this fact came from.

If even on student ever who was homeschooled was not prepared to the level of his/her public school peers, my statement is true. I'm not going to spend all day looking up statistics on what is essentially common knowledge. The more significant part of the statement is that regulation is in place only to ensure that the parents educate the students to a minimum standard. While most homeschooling parents do a great job, there are many people who either lack the education or the organizational skills to design a curriculum. Regulation serves as a tool and a guide for homeschooling parents to ensure that at the minimun ccertain milestones are hit when they need to be. In most cases homeschooling parents do a good job, but it's a small conselation if you are the child of the lousy ones and your state does not care enough to make sure that your educational needs are met.

 

[horsejody]

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I would love to see where this fact came from.

If even on student ever who was homeschooled was not prepared to the level of his/her public school peers, my statement is true. I'm not going to spend all day looking up statistics on what is essentially common knowledge. The more significant part of the statement is that regulation is in place only to ensure that the parents educate the students to a minimum standard. While most homeschooling parents do a great job, there are many people who either lack the education or the organizational skills to design a curriculum. Regulation serves as a tool and a guide for homeschooling parents to ensure that at the minimun ccertain milestones are hit when they need to be. In most cases homeschooling parents do a good job, but it's a small conselation if you are the child of the lousy ones and your state does not care enough to make sure that your educational needs are met.

I think that the problem was that you said many, not just one or a few. What you think is common knowledge may not be what others have experienced. There are some public schools that lack in their ability to educate children. I moved away from such a district when my kids were little. Most of the people that I know that were homeschooled back when there was little or no oversight got a good education. I think that, if you did take the time to look look up the statistics, you might change your mind.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

No, I know a lot about it as my husband is an administrator. It IS common knowledge (Unless you are telling me that every homeschooling parent except one or two has been amazing and all thier children excelled public schools EVERY time.) There were (and are) many students with parents who can't perform as an educator. As I'm sure anyone who has homeschooled knows, it takes an organized and determined person to educate children. I'm sure that the homeschooling parents without a curriculum did not intend to set thier children behind, but as you know things like that happen. Not all homeschooling is created equal because there are individuals involved. Registration of your homeschool and a curriculum is just a guideline to ensure equality. There were many that were behind, if you don't think so find a statistic that says only a couple or one kid ever fell behind or did not achieve to the level of his peers. I think you are failing to understand what I said: Most homeschooling children are well educated and ahead of thier peers. In the past many children were also not educated to the standards of thier peers. Regulation & monitoring only prevents those with inadequate schooling to be caught before these children fall hopelessly behind. I think it is silly to argue about this when I am essentially advocating homeschoolers educational level as generally superior , but aknowledging that there is some need for a basic curriculum as a guideline.

 

[rainplace]

I thought this thread was about inflammatory headlines.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

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It is...I think it inflamed some of us already. lol

 

[Whispering Winds]

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I know but the state and school district let it go on for soooooooooooooooo long. Why didn't they just use the telephone? Their kids curriculum was approved immediately and their testing is up to date.

Also, charging them with "child endangerment" is a excessive. They should have been charged with something like "failing to file forms" or some other administrative type charge.

But let there be a report of REAL child abuse, and the caseworker shows up, everyone is all smiles and she passes them for being an OK home enviroment. Two weeks later we have a dead baby. This was overkill way beyond measure. Cite them for not registering, fine them, because of course we have to give money to our local counties for every teeny little infraction. The parents will be raked over the coals for this for years if they get a label stuck to them for something like not filing paperwork. Crazy.

 

[danielle82]

The article dosn't really go into much of the history. I wonder if they used for an example more than an anything? It sounds like the district didn't have a problem with the actual curriculum and test scores, just the lack of appropriate paperwork being filed. I believe homeschooling can, and does, work very well in many instances, but IMO sometimes a parent will use "homeschooling" as a cover for not really doing anything at all. Too bad one of those parents were the atrget here. I think the ones here actually do care about their children and are trying to oprovide an excellent education for them. I would hate to be in their shoes, CPS, courts, police, school district...sounds like a lot of stress....

 

[harryg6167]

We are in Louisiana and decided to start homeschooling our 2 youngest children this year.
We called the school they had been attending and told them of our plans and all we had to
do was to go to the school and sign a form. Simple, because the school we are using to
acquire their materials from had sent the public school our kids had attended some
paperwork and all we had to provide was a signature.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Thanks for clarifying

I was a little offended by your original statement, but was gonna keep my mouth shut...lol! It is sad that some fell behind, it is sad that some still fall behind! I think it is in both type settings public and homeschool more than people realize. HERE there are teachers who pass kids just so they don't have to deal with them the next year. It's pitiful!!! And then there is this homeschool thing of "un-schooling" where there is no set curriculum and the kids just learn what they want. Have you heard of this?!?!? Seriously...people pay a fake school a "tuition fee" to fudge the books and the kid is probably studying Super Mario Galaxy or some crap!!! Makes me sick. I wonder how those parents will feel when little Johnny can't get a job and is holding down a couch in the basement the rest of his life hoping his parents will kick off so he can have a "bachelor pad." One is no worse than the other really, both systems rely on parental involvement, and sadly some parents should never have children.

 

[PotterWatch]

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I think what you may be failing to understand is that there are many states with no guidelines as to what milestones a homeschooled child hits and when and regardless of that fact, homeschooled children in those states continue to excel. I don't have to follow a basic curriculum in my state. I am required to teach the same basic subjects (math, history, science, etc.), but there are absolutely no guidelines that tell me how to do that. I think we can all agree that there are plenty of children in public school that do not excel or even meet the standards set forth, yet you aren't saying they need more regulation and oversight. I don't use a curriculum with my children and yet my children continue to do well and are constantly learning. I don't feel my kids need to be taught an "approved" curriculum or do standardized testing because, as you said, they are individuals and their learning curve will reflect that individuality. I appreciate that you feel you are being supportive of homeschooling, but what you appear to be supporting is really just a state-approved curriculum, not homeschooling and there is definitely a difference in the eyes of people like myself who feel that as a parent, I can make the best educational choices for my children without "guidelines" handed down by people who have never met me or my children.