Isn't it funny the way school administrators are all for increased regulation and reliance on standardized tests when it's homeschooling parents in question?
Indiana University Education Professor Dr. Robert Kunzman has studied home schooling for years. “The anecdotal evidence suggests that the large majority of them are doing quite an impressive job with their students and children,” he said...Critics are skeptical. Dr. Kunzman recently surveyed Indiana public school superintendents. Of those who responded, 96 percent said home schoolers are not sufficiently regulated and 54 percent said home schooled students should be required to take ISTEP, Indiana's standardized test.
“I think they see that they are losing students from their school systems and they perceive home schoolers as a threat,” said Kelly Wright, a parent who home schools.
I think they do, too.
Posted by kswygert at November 29, 2005 05:28 PM