"...for the first time in history, the Supreme Court has recognized home-schooling in an opinion. The first time. Up until now, it was government schools or private education. That's about it.But in Morse v. Frederick, Justice Clarence Thomas said, 'If parents do not like the rules imposed by those schools, they can seek redress in school boards or legislatures; they can send their children to private schools or home school them; or they can simply move.'"On the one hand, yeah for putting homeschool on equal footing. On the other hand, Thomas' attitude is a bit cavalier, don't you think? Most parents don't have the financial resources to pay for private schools or to just up and move if they don't like their school district. We love homeschooling, but I acknowledge that it isn't the best option for everyone. That leaves the vast majority of parents at the mercy of the failing public education system and little recourse for true change. Why shouldn't parents be able to work at the ground level, by directly working with the educators into whose hands they deliver their children on a daily basis?
Post je objavljen 09.10.2009. u 03:41 sati.