As a former public school teacher, this is the part that gets me.
Before anyone demands MORE oversight of homeschool families, take a hard look at the outcomes of the system already being overseen.
In California’s latest statewide results, just 48.8% of tested students met or exceeded the standard in English language arts and 37.3% did so in math. Those numbers did improve from the previous year, but they still leave a huge portion of students below the state’s proficiency benchmark.
Meanwhile, California parents who operate home-based private schools aren’t simply doing whatever they want. State law already requires an annual affidavit and instruction in specified branches of study.
So yes, homeschool parents are going to push back when the conversation immediately turns to more government oversight of our children.
Because parents have every right to look at the results and say:
You don’t get to treat homeschooling like the educational emergency while ignoring the problems happening inside the system you already control.
That’s not anti-teacher.
I was one.
It’s refusing to confuse government oversight with educational success.
Those are not the same thing.
Before anyone demands MORE oversight of homeschool families, take a hard look at the outcomes of the system already being overseen.
In California’s latest statewide results, just 48.8% of tested students met or exceeded the standard in English language arts and 37.3% did so in math. Those numbers did improve from the previous year, but they still leave a huge portion of students below the state’s proficiency benchmark.
Meanwhile, California parents who operate home-based private schools aren’t simply doing whatever they want. State law already requires an annual affidavit and instruction in specified branches of study.
So yes, homeschool parents are going to push back when the conversation immediately turns to more government oversight of our children.
Because parents have every right to look at the results and say:
You don’t get to treat homeschooling like the educational emergency while ignoring the problems happening inside the system you already control.
That’s not anti-teacher.
I was one.
It’s refusing to confuse government oversight with educational success.
Those are not the same thing.



