California outlaws home schooling

Another topic that Clark Howard brought up on his show was that California has outlawed home schooling! They want parents who wish to take on the burden and challenge of teaching their kids at home to be criminalized. This is an outrageous infringement on personal liberty. When in the hell does government have the right to tell you that you can’t teach your own kids?

Did you know that Finland has the highest achieving students in the world? Finland doesn’t have a government-mandated curriculum; every teacher must decide for him or herself what to teach.

Here is a quote from a Wall Street Journal article on the Finnish education system:

The academic prowess of Finland’s students has lured educators from more than 50 countries in recent years to learn the country’s secret, including an official from the U.S. Department of Education. What they find is simple but not easy: well-trained teachers and responsible children. Early on, kids do a lot without adults hovering. And teachers create lessons to fit their students. “We don’t have oil or other riches. Knowledge is the thing Finnish people have,” says Hannele Frantsi, a school principal.

What our government school systems here in the United States have done is turned our kids into idiots. And no thanks to the teachers unions and the lobbyists for teachers unions that have destroyed our school systems.

Read the full Clark Howard story.

Read the full Wall Street Journal story, this is a must read!

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