Home Schooling

[GMDino]

(01-17-2018, 03:06 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The recent tragic situation in California got me wondering what folk's views are on home-schooling children.

Are you for it/ against it, should they be allowed/required to participate on the school's athletic teams/ extra curricular activities, what would you mandate they be required to do ect....

Evidently Cali has very limited requirements.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/no-rules-for-california-home-schools-where-13-found-captive/ar-AAuNnNj?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

I don't think I have ever seen a home schooled kid earn average or below grades on an academic transcript.

I don't know the grades of homeschooled children versus those that attend school, but I have always been wary of homeschooling only because the ones I know of personally didn't turn out so well.

I have two cousins (brother and sister) that went to Catholic school then public school then were home schooled.  

Without getting into details of their lives/troubles my concern is that bad/lax parents can produce bad kids and if they are in charge of their education also it probably won't turn out well.

Our district does have a cyber schooling program that they rave about, but I've only just gotten involved with the school board and don't know much about it.