In defense of home schooling: Supporters argue that parents shouldn’t need teaching credentials. Lawyers suggest a more narrow ruling.
The LA Times has this report on yesterday’s arguments in the California homeschooling case. It begins:
Advocates urged a state appellate court Monday to overturn a decision that severely restricted the ability of California parents to educate their children at home, saying family-based schooling works for hundreds of thousands of children.
“You cannot deny parents the right to do good for their kids,” said Michael P. Farris, representing the Home School Legal Defense Assn. in Virginia. “Anything that causes children to suitably learn, that should be encouraged.”