Comments on: Homeschooling Banned in California as State Turns Parents Into Criminals for Teaching Their Own Children

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:52 +0000

This is what happens when the state government takes the side of special interest groups over the wishes of voters. Wake up people of California! You brought this on yourselves! What did you think would happen when you keep electing far left liberals to your state government? You pay the highest taxes in the country, you have one of the worst education systems and your government is running businesses out of the state. You need to ignore the adoring media coverage of liberal politicians and question their motives and effectiveness . Oh by the way, your RINO Governor has drunk the liberal kool-aid a long time ago.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:58:36 +0000

what the hell? what is antisocial? oh, not wanting to drink the kool-aid. you do realize that the state has no rights. only the people have rights. the state only exists to protect our rights. looks like we need to take the rights the states think they have. im sick of it all. when are we going to wake up?

By: Seamus O'Malley

Seamus O'Malley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:25:39 +0000

Obviously this is designed to prevent critical thinkers. The system needs sheep, not intelligent, logical, concise thinkers.

In numbers, home schooled children are a minority among those being shuttled through elementary, middle and high schools. However, when the Home Schoolers are in competition with the products of public schools, they leave them in the dust. The headlines tell the story. Put them in a spelling or geography bee and the home schooled child usually takes top honors. It’s actually news when they do not!

Home schooled students in the US score 15 to 30 percentile points, on average, above their school peers whether the subject is reading, writing, mathematics, science or social studies. The mediocre science scores of public school students were front-page news in January 08. In May, the news that majority of US high school seniors had a practically no grasp of their nation’s history was also on the front pages. Historians and education professionals called the scores “abysmal.” Bad as the scores were, they have shown no improvement since 1994! But Tax revenue for schools has increased 72% since the 80’s.

Controlled children become controlled adults.

By: Ld Elon

Ld Elon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:52:26 +0000

Californian mountains, part of Gaia’s chakra rumbles in the midst,
Pack your bags and go……..

By: Victor Lehman

Victor Lehman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:14:06 +0000

It is my responsibility to teach my children right from wrong not the state.
If I do not teach them, the state fines me as a parent.
Most public schools are just day care centers so both parents can go to work.

By: Victor Lehman

Victor Lehman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:10:54 +0000

You are wrong and have no clue.

By: Richard Dumass

Richard Dumass — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:28:36 +0000

Actually it is a SAVINGS to the state, because people who home school their kids still pay the same taxes as everyone else. Hell, I just had my first kid (at age 38) but I had to pay school taxes (’Mello Roos’) for schools even tho I didn’t have any just because I owned a home. Now that I have a child I pay LESS taxes. Talk about an upside down system!

By: Richard Dumass

Richard Dumass — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:23:07 +0000

you should be banned idiot! Maybe you should be put in a FEMA camp for “re-education”

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:34:33 +0000

Marilynn –

You’re right. This is an out of date story that some alternative newswire released again for some reason. The ruling being referred to was reversed in August thanks to the help of, among others, the HSLDA.

Alex, you’re news is very reliable but your staff needs to fact check this stuff before they post it. Leaving something like this up puts your credibility at risk. It should really be taken down.

MDA

By: Tami

Tami — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:30:57 +0000

This is old news. The decision has been overturned. Go to HSLDA’s website for the facts.

“In a 3-0 decision the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District reversed its earlier ruling which would have required homeschoolers to be certified teachers in order to homeschool in California. “This is a great victory for homeschool freedom,” said Michael Farris, one of the team of attorneys who argued the case before the court and Chairman of HSLDA.”

http://www.hslda.org/docs/media/2008/200808080.asp