Connecticut adopts homeschool regulation over staunch objection from GOP

[HikerGuy83]

No and no.
That is PRECISELY why this legislation was enacted.

 

[DukeU]

i did no comparing... what i did was state that i am in favor of oversight & regulating- YES - REGULATING - the home schooling atmosphere. what y'all did was immediately jump on the BIG GOV BAD bandwagon - 'cause that is what y'all

do.

your strawman failed. anyhoo - you gots a problem with the oversight that IS needed? here's another little story, this one from my own childhood town:

CT homeschool abuse case not an isolated incident​

by Jonah Stewart
March 24, 2025 @ 12:01 pm


Last week, a 32-year-old man bravely escaped the Waterbury home where his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, allegedly imprisoned and tortured him for decades. The torture began in 2005, when Sullivan withdrew the victim from public school to homeschool him after a social services inquiry.


Instead of receiving an education, however, the victim was subjected to a systematic program of intense abuse while held captive in the confines of his home.


The fact that the victim was homeschooled is not incidental. Because of lax homeschool laws, abusive caregivers can exploit those legal loopholes to isolate and abuse children, all under the facade of “homeschooling.”

Opinion: CT homeschool abuse case not an isolated incident

You didn't and don't want to compare because there is no comparison.

There are many more abuses in the public school system and many are covered up by officials that are required to report them.

Abuse is rampant in the public school system.

Yet, you have nothing to say about those.

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[DukeU]

The majority of home-schooled kids are NEVER tested--usually only the successful ones...which skews the stat.

This thread is not about learning though..it's about protecting the kids from potential abuse--and making sure that homeschooling is not shorthand for little or no schooling.

Much more abuse in public schools.

And much of it is covered up by the people who are supposed to report it.

Durham School Leaders Indicted In Special-Needs Abuse​

And again, home schoolers are far ahead of public school kids in ALL measurable metrics.

 

[DukeU]

EvilEyeFleegle

Information proving home schoolers outperform public schools is easily found.

FYI

 

[Zincwarrior]

Much more abuse in public schools.

You're arguing we need even more intensive protections in schools. OK, cool yes? Lets say thats correct. And? This provides at least a modicum of checking on the other side.

 

[DukeU]

And yes, I see it as a sign of weakness if someone tries to shelter their children from opposing viewpoints. I prepare mine to confront them.

Home school parents aren't trying to shield their kids from opposing viewpoints, that would be the ones who oppose home school.........You.

They are trying to shield them from the abuses of public schools, like drugs, violence, and the fact that the education they are supposed to be receiving is failing.

When you need police stationed in schools, something is wrong.

 

[DukeU]

You're arguing we need even more intensive protections in schools. OK, cool yes? Lets say thats correct. And? This provides at least a modicum of checking on the other side.

I'm saying the public school system is failing in many areas.

Most importantly in educating and protecting the kids.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I'm saying the public school system is failing in many areas.

Most importantly in educating and protecting the kids.

Thank you for the clarification. You're also ok with the legislation being discussed?

 

[DukeU]

Thank you for the clarification. You're also ok with the legislation being discussed?

I don't know anything about the legislation in the op or why it is being proposed.

I know this though.

Oversight on education is failing as badly as the schools are.