• Riskable@programming.dev
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    10 hours ago

    You want to home school? No problem. Just need to make sure your home is up to the same standards as regular school.

    • Teacher with a master’s degree (depending on state)
    • ADA compliant with wheelchair access (so the inspectors can get in if they’re in a wheelchair of course!)
    • Kid still needs to take the same standardized exams as every other kid at the school.
    • Everyone in the home has to be up to date on vaccinations.
    • Everyone in the home must undergo a thorough background check.
    • Regular welfare visits since the child can’t be regularly observed by state employees five days a week.
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      2 hours ago

      That would still missing the key issue here: regular contact with children of the same age group.

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      5 hours ago

      i grew up homeschooled with extreme abuse, and have been saying this for years. i have gotten a surprising amount of pushback for it, even by friends who i consider progressive. it’s strange

      oh, and the adult administering the curriculum must be licensed to teach in that state and keep up with licensing. (my mom had the equivalent of a self taught 3rd grade level education)

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      9 hours ago

      Good luck getting any of that done if they claim they’re a “religious teaching institution.”

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        6 hours ago

        put that damn wall back up. they get sundays, real school gets monday through friday.

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      9 hours ago

      They’d scream and cry that you’re trampling their rights. Though I absolutely agree with you.