On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:38:13PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > And, you are right, homeschooled students perform some better (I'm going > to challenge "beat the pants off" though). > > However, as always, the differences fold directly from socioeconomics: > http://www.conservativefront.com/2004/12/03/homeschool-vs-public-school/
I agree that parents that decide to homeschool are probably wealthier and better educated than the average. However, I've seen statistics that the education of the parent teacher does NOT correlate with the greater success of students. In other words, determined home schooling mothers with high school diplomas are doing about as good as home schooling mothers with Ph.D.'s. How would you explain that? Perhaps the love and drive of the mothers is more important than some teaching credential? Perhaps she learns as she goes along what she needs before she teaches it? > Sorry, but I personally agree with the certification requirement. It's > not that hard for someone who already has a Bachelor's degree to get one > nor is it that terribly expensive. And it will serve as a nice buffer > against letting the idiots run amok. Public schools have all the teaching credentials anyone could want. I'm not impressed with the results. > Why do you oppose it? It actually strengthens your position, not > weakens it as it will quickly clean out the morons who shouldn't be > homeschooling. I thought homeschoolers were all about accountability. Homeschoolers are about trying to keep the government from shutting them down. Think for a moment about your hypothetical "moron". Why would someone who didn't care about their kids give up the free daycare of the public school system to perform such a huge sacrifice for their kids? Do you really think any selfish alcoholic tard is going to give a stick about homeschooling their kids? A teaching credential may sound good, but, anyone so driven to attempt this will be motivated to mow down any obstacles in their way. They don't need a government to hold their hand. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
