[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

I’m sure C.T.A. will supply a teacher for those of you who want to continue to “home school” your children in the light of a State Appeals Court ruling that requires a certified teacher in the “home”.

While there are exceptions, most home school practitioners object to one or more curricula items in public schools and can’t afford or find a private school that meets their needs.

Now, because some children are receiving below grade education – according to the court – at home, all children will have to abandon home schools not taught and supervised by a credentialed teacher.

In one sense, it is the Scopes Trial in reverse. Parents who object to evolutionary theory on the grounds of its incompatibility with their literal reading of the (English version) of the Bible now will not only lose that argument in terms of public school curriculums, they also lose the ability to keep their children from being taught the truth.

Instead of 177,000 home schooled young people marching out at graduation to join the Grand Old Party, they’ll move on to an education at Harvard, Yale, Mills or (gasp), Berkeley.

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