The Assault on Public Schools

I stand by what I said--You can't tell a family they can't teach their religious beliefs in their own home, you simply can't. It's a such a gross violation of civil rights, and there is no more OBVIOUS separation of church and state than religious homeschooling.

So what would you propose we do? Ban evangelical homeschooling?

I don't agree with what was being taught in that first video, but our homeschooling curriculum is Catholic--we picked it specifically because A) it's far more academically challenging and competitive than the public school B) it allows us to custom-tailor the curriculum C) it's accredited and D) it fits our religious beliefs

Public school is a waste of time. A child is gonna sit through 8 hours a day and get MAYBE 2 1/2 hours of actual educational time. I can take one morning--from 8 to 12--and get every subject out the way of the day, and that leaves us the entire afternoon free for dance practice, voice lessons, playground, pool time, the beach, trips to Disney, etc. And this curriculum isn't easy... I fully expect our middle daughter to have huge issues with it if we place her in the 2nd grade track like she would be in public school in the fall.

I mean, I'm a teacher--I have taught typical and a-typical kids, I've taught in public school and private school, and there's no way I plan on letting them go to public school anymore. I've seen first hand what a waste of a day it is.