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mzteris

(16,232 posts)
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 11:33 PM Nov 2014

one reason why liberals may homeschool


". . .The history, social studies and government textbooks were submitted for approval this summer, and academics and activists on the right and left criticized many of them. Some worried that the textbooks were too sympathetic to Islam or played down the achievements of President Ronald Reagan. Others said they overstated the importance of Moses to America’s founding fathers or trumpeted the free-market system too much. . . ."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/us/texas-approves-disputed-history-texts-for-schools.html?_r=0


"An Oklahoma school district has shelved a Bible curriculum that Hobby Lobby President Steve Green had hoped would be used by students in January. (NOTE good news i was shelved - Bad news?) . . . was approved in April by the school board. . . "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hobby-lobby-presidents-bible-curriculum-shelved-by-oklahoma-school-district/2014/11/26/b3bd2ce4-7590-11e4-8893-97bf0c02cc5f_story.html


Other reasons - many and varied and unique - are behind the very personal decision to homeschool. Most often it is solely about what the child needs in order to be educated. Again, unique to the child, the family, the school system, the environment you live in - all of it.

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JohnHarris

(14 posts)
1. Liberal homeschooling
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:35 PM
Oct 2015

I know a number of liberal families that homeschool, largely due to values.

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