Has anyone here heard of the home ed review?

[ailbhe]

I've written something about it in Who Teaches Whom. I did honestly try to give it my most charitable interpretation but at some point in the next few days I expect I'll post something else too. I do feel that if I want anyone who agrees with the review to listen to me I can't point out its worst and most damaging flaws, which hurts somewhat.

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[naath.livejournal.com]

They are both right> they are women, and women whether mothers or not are discriminated against, and their choices about parenting are part of that discrimination. If you have a child, when and how and where and with whom. And if you have a child how you raise that child. I used to think that it was only my choices that were being attacked by people; but a broader world view lets me see that almost all women have their reproductive choices attacked.

I think that women often feel the need to moderate their tone because a woman who is visible/audibly angry is hysterical, or a shrieking harpy, or one of many other nasty misogynist things that people say about women.

Original point> Local radio discussed the report, and seemed to manage to not simply be rude about home schoolers. Reading your Sensible Blog Posts I gain more Facts, and it seems (to me) that they've mixed in some sensible things about resource distribution with a lot of the things that I (stupidly) used to think before I knew anyone who homeschooled, they seem to basically not trust parents to be able to assess their own ability to provide for their children's needs accurately.