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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only homeschooled kid I know has Ivy-educated, progressive parents who certainly do not lie to her or isolate her from the outside world.

I have considered homeschooling my child with special needs. For the moment he is doing virtual schooling through his public school.

If your point is to conflate all homeschooling into this morass of child abuse and religious cults, then you're factually wrong.

If your point is that the government should have more say in how homeschooled children are treated at home, then great, I agree. If I ever homeschooled, the education inspector would be welcome any time to check on us. This is how some European countries approach homeschooling, actually. In France, for instance, parents need to prove they have provided what the government considers to be a basic education in the country's language, history and civics, as well as math and science. Homeschooled students need to pass examinations in those subjects, otherwise they are sent back to public school. I'm sure there are exceptions for disabled students.

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A problem is that authoritarian Christian cults, i.e. [b]fundamentalist authoritarian Christianity, are the majority of homeschooler[/b]s and also the ones pushing for more of it.
Along with Republican billionaires who fund the authoritarian evangelical campaigns, to damage public schools.

I'm just not sure how we deal with that.  Maybe you're right that we should just impose a national math and science (and history!) curriculum. Kids should have to learn about science and also learn that America was founded on separation of church and state.[/quote]

Where are you getting your data?[/quote]

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