This is an argument from Steve Shives:<\/p>\n
There are many, many things I find dubious about the practice of parents homeschooling their children. I wonder how a mother or father who has not been educated as a teacher, who in many cases has not even been to college her\/himself, can possibly provide their child with as good an education as students receive in our much-maligned public schools. And I can\u00c2\u00b4t help but think that these homeschool students, of whom there are several million in the United States, are being robbed of a crucial formative experience by not attending school with other people their age and being forced to interact with a diverse group of peers.Most disturbing is the virulent strain of religious fundamentalism that is found in the lessons being taught homeschooled children, especially in the United States. Not all American homeschooling is religious–that\u00c2\u00b4s not what I\u00c2\u00b4m saying. I\u00c2\u00b4ve known people personally who were homeschooled from a secular curriculum, and there are many others like them throughout the country. I think I\u00c2\u00b4m safe in saying, however, that the majority of homeschooling in the U.S. is religious–specifically, fundamentalist Christian–in nature. This is no big secret….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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This is an argument from Steve Shives: There are many, many things I find dubious about the practice of parents homeschooling their children. I wonder how a mother or father who has not been educated as a teacher, who in many cases has not even been to college her\/himself, can possibly provide their child with … Continue reading Homeschoolers Who Do Not Learn Science Should Not Receive a Diploma<\/span>