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In reply to the discussion: Where do you stand on homeschooling? [View all]Karia
(176 posts)There should be some sort of accreditation process.
I am aware of at least one homeschooling group in our area that tries to challenge kids academically. They hire tutors for math & languages, some of the teenagers are taking community college courses, and the kids take standardized tests periodically to confirm that they are keeping up with peers. However, I think these people are the exception.
Women who have escaped the "patriarchy" movement are providing powerful narratives about the appalling homeschooling practices in that community. Children are "schooled" little, and only in narrow, rigidly-defined areas. For example, girls are mainly just taught how to cook, sew, clean, and care for children.
I personally know a young man who was home-schooled by very conservative Christians and never permitted to read anything but the Bible. When I met him, he was 20 and had just learned for the first time of the solar system's existence.