Ca. courts says parents need teaching

[charliegirl]

They are following this case on Linda and AnneM's site. Rather than copy what they are doing, here is the link for anyone who wants to see what is going on now.

supportforadhd.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=homeschooling&action=display&thread=1204939535&page=1

[jj]

Thanks Charliegirl. I read it all. I'm really worried about this.

[charliegirl]

Back to School for California Home-Schoolers (3/14/08):
A February ruling in Los Angeles that stated parents needed a teaching credential to home school their children was reversed last Friday. The 2nd District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles acknowledged that prohibiting home schooling would intrude on parents' constitutional right to direct their children's education and that any limit on that right would be presumed unconstitutional. Governor Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) said, "I hope the ruling settles this matter for parents and home schooled children once and for all in California, but assures them that we, as elected officials, will continue to defend parents' rights." [OneNewsNow.com, Family Research Council, Christianpost.com]

[jj]

Good! But I do hope someone comes up with something that will monitor a childs progress a bit better in those states that haven't adopted any type of cyber schooling. For once something good came out of California. (Joking!)

[bugsmom]

I've been wondering what was going on with this case...thanks so much for posting it.

I'm glad that California Homeschoolers get to continue. I found this a little scary. Especially since this will be my first year homeschooling.

JJ...I agree with you on the monitoring. My state doesn't require any monitoring and I wish that I had more of a guideline. Although I feel more than qualified to teach, I would like more input. I'm just going by the Dept. of Education guidelines for public school in my state. Even though my son has never attended publice school, I feel better following their curriculum goals.

Thanks for the post, CG.

[trid]

I am in PA, where the homeschooling laws are pretty "rigid", but because of the oversight, we can be issued state recognized high school diplomas by following certain guidelines. I would recommend taking a look at any of the PA homeschool diploma program websites. Also, I like a web site called:

askpauline.com

Although it is specific to PA, she has some excellent links to follow, with great ideas. I used several of her forms to stay in compliance with the PA diploma guidelines.

One thing I found was really helpful setting up my objectives for the year was to copy the table of contents of the text books I planned to use. The course outline is right there. Many publishers have the Table of Contents right on their websites. You can look at those to see what you want your child to accomplish at any grade.

Last year, after my DH died, the boys and I learned a lot about daily living requirements that we always took for granted because DH did them. The boys helped me with taxes, banking, cooking, shopping, home repair, auto upkeep, estate planning, grieving, and a million other new things.

We applied most of the learning to school work. Did you know that calculating the amount of gas needed for the lawn mower is algebra? How much paint to buy to cover a wall is geometry! Packing groceries is a form of art. Missing a full trash bag in the workshop is a great science experiment. Tracking family medical history is history, and science. And spending 28 days in the ICU is akin to a foreign language year!