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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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193 points bilsbie | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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csense ◴[21 Nov 25 02:04 UTC] No.46000402[source]▶
Anecdotally, two factors at work here:

- Schools have stopped educating in favor of test metrics, making sure the worst students pass, and pushing borderline indoctrination of controversial, left-ish values.

- With remote education during the pandemic, people have more visibility into their school's day-to-day teaching.

It's hard to fix the US education system by political means. If you have the ability to do so, it's comparatively much easier to pull your kids out and homeschool them.

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mcphage ◴[21 Nov 25 02:18 UTC] No.46000489[source]▶
> pushing borderline indoctrination of controversial, left-ish values

I wonder what sort of values they’re indoctrinating their kids with instead.

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binary132 ◴[21 Nov 25 18:59 UTC] No.46007654[source]▶
yeah, it would be crazy if people were allowed to raise their own children with their own values. we can’t have that.
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1. patall ◴[21 Nov 25 19:48 UTC] No.46008179[source]▶
Did anyone argue that you are not allowed to teach your kids your own values? It seems to me, the question is more: do you want to raise your kids without ever exposing them to values that are not your own? Opinion Bubbles have been increasing for a long time, do we really want to grow them even more? Social media is full of people left and right that seem to have no idea about the opinions and realities at the other end of the spectrum.