Diversity and home schooling

Neal Boortz:

Maybe there is hope after all. Maybe there are more parents out there who realize that sending their little angels off to government schools each and every day is just a glorified form of child abuse. More and more parents are realizing that it's not so much about education as it is about indoctrination.

Now, across the country, home-schooling is becoming a more legitimate option to government education. That's good news. I understand that not every child should be home-school – let's face it, there are some parents out there who are dumber than a box of crayons – but they should at least have the option of where and how their child is educated. Each year, the number of parents who decide to home-school their children increases by up to 15%. Wow! With this popularity rate, the government is bound to step in some time. Lord knows the teacher's unions are doing everything they can to bring this about. After all, just who are these parents to think that they can do a better job than the government!"

This comes to my attention because, 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." How that's for some tough love.

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Home schooling does present a dilemma to the diversity caucus. How can you order bussing to achieve diversity. And, if it is so important to an education why do the homes schoolers do so much better than those in the diverse classes?