I think many homeschoolers are afraid that they will lose their (the parents) right to choose homeschooling over the state-run education system. And I believe their concerns are valid as concerns.

However, I also think that a child’s right to an education needs to trump the school’s, the court’s, and the parent’s right to make the decision. Because the schools are often doing a pretty poor job providing an education for our children, it could be argued that strengthening children’s rights could very well strengthen the case for a interest-led and child-centered education…..since at this time, this type of education is better provided by homeschooling.

There are a few schools I know of who take this approach to education, but not many. Mostly schools are mandated (and the Federal government has a lot to do this by putting the screws on the states with money) to force-feed our kids information that the policy-makers believe is what they need to learn.

As long as we allow the people in power to exclude us from making decisions for ourselves (and exclude youth from having a say in the decisions that affect their lives), as long as we fall for the hoax that “professionals know better than we do”, self-determination will be swept under the rug. IMHO……