Blame the 1st: Homeschooling On The Rise

More and more parents are beginning to see the public "education" system for the farce it really is, and more and more are acting accordingly by pulling their children out of it:

As the dissatisfaction with the U.S. education system among parents grows, so does the appeal of homeschooling. Since 1999, the number of children who are being homeschooled has increased by 75% in all states including Arizona, Texas, and California. Although currently only 4% of all school children nationwide are educated at home, the number of primary school kids whose parents choose to forgo traditional education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year.

Any concerns expressed about the quality of education offered to the kids by their parents can surely be put to rest by the consistently high placement of homeschooled kids on standardized assessment exams. Data shows that those who are independently educated typically score between 65th and 89th percentile on such exams, while those attending traditional schools average on the 50th percentile. Furthermore, the achievement gaps, long plaguing school systems around the country, aren?t present in homeschooling environment. There?s no difference in achievement between sexes, income levels or race/ethnicity.

There's simply no defending our public "education" system. Despite spending more on education per student than any other country on earth, test scores remain stagnant and linger behind those of other developed nations. Our public schools are graduating more and more students who cannot read and who require remedial college classes.

Whether by accident or design, our public "education" system has failed to educate our children. More and more parents are realizing this. They are realizing that our politicians have no intention of reforming the system, since it's not in their best interests to do so. With this stark realization, parents are left with only one option: opt out of the system!

Question is: how long will they be allowed to do so?

Mark my words, as with its other services, the corporate state will do anything to maintain its monopoly. It will not permit competitors to usurp its privilege of educating children. It will ensure that the next generation is educated the way it sees fit, with the curriculum it deems appropriate, and with the education standards it wishes to impose.

Right now, the corporate state is trying to stem this ever-growing tide by using its media to smear homeschooling and dehumanize homeschooled children. But like Canute the Great trying to command the tides, the state will ultimately fail to dissuade the people from educating their own children. Once it realizes it cannot stop this trend through persuasion, as always, it will try to stop it by force.

Do I mean to imply that the state will outlaw homeschooling? It isn't unlikely. Many other countries have done the same. Take Brazil, for instance. The country has banned homeschooling, and its education system is heavily regulated by the federal government.? Incidentally, this country academically lags behind other South American counties, if not other countries worldwide. Coincidence?

Even in our own country, our politicians do not care for homeschooling. Just earlier this year, the Obama Administration deported a German immigrant family seeking asylum in order to homeschool their children. If our government does not wish to protect homeschoolers from other countries, it certainly will not protect homeschoolers in our own country.

By all means, let us continue to opt out of the system while we still can, but do not be surprised when the ultimately state prevents us from doing so. Where we go from there, sadly, I do not know.

Source: http://blamethe1st.blogspot.com/2013/06/homeschooling-on-rise.html

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