Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the Carnival of Conservative Conversations. This edition feature several of our regular contributing writers, but also a number of new authors, each with their unique and fresh look at the issues of our times, in…

P.S.- Don’t say that too loud though or we’ll have people from the NEA, etc. banging on all our doors.

I was glad the Superintendent answered the reporter, clarifying that there was indeed education going on. I wondered at their reasoning a little, but it isn’t really that important. They resolved the issues as quickly as possible as soon as there was a problem.
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Homeschooled kids: Did they fall through the cracks? =-.

As you can imagine, there’s been quite a lot of discussion on the local Yahoo Groups, but there is one comment from a long-time, highly respected home school parent that I thought was especially salient:

“I wouldn’t get too worked up over the use of the terms “register” and “approve curriculum” in these articles. I think it’s just a result of the fact that the articles were written by reporters who don’t know what they’re writing about. I think every news story I’ve ever been involved in has gotten stuff wrong. These reporters have to bang stories out in a hurry and don’t learn the ins and outs of an issue, especially for brief blurbs like these. Heck, we know that there are plenty of *districts* that don’t know enough to realize that terms like “register” and “approve curriculum” don’t apply. Moreover, those terms are what most people understand, which makes them convenient shorthand.

Not that I’m *happy* about the way these articles were written, but it’s pretty much what I’d expect.

As for this case, we don’t know what the parents’ reasons were for not submitting paperwork. They could have been flying under the radar. They could have been basing their actions on the belief that compulsory attendance laws are unconstitutional (long-timers here know that this has been done in the past). They could even have been unaware of the compulsory attendance law and the homeschooling regulation.”

(Copied directly from a NY Yahoo Group)
.-= Sandra Foyt´s last blog ..Are you coming already? Dog In Training! =-.