When I went through K-12, (I am 70 yrs old) there was probably more parental involvement, because there were not so many other things to take up a parent's time, and PTA was sort of a social gathering.

When my children were attending these grades, I didn't go to PTA, but I always read their text books.

Now, living with my grandchildren and their mother, I find they don't even get to bring their text books home. I don't think parents today know what their kids are being taught and what they are not. I don't know what the answer is, but there should certainly be more parental involvement.

If Laura has a handle on it, and I am afraid she does, we are allowing the teachers and the schools (albeit the colleges!!) to turn all our kids into liberals and the fundamental basics of what has made America so great is being flushed right out of their minds.

was the Works Progress Administration (WPA). At least it was the butt of most jokes at the time.

Nothing worked until the revival of industry at the outbreak of WW2 brought us out of it. I think the war was the only thing that saved Roosevelt's reputation for posterity. Hopefully we do not have to go down that road again but there is a distinct possibility of that happening.

Nancy knows everything . If you don't believe that, just ask her. Her ideals with education and welfare have really been successful in developing control over emotional weakness . Just look at L.A. and San fransico. I'm quite sure that she is willing to share this fine program with the rest of us………..Weather you want it or not!!!!!!!

This is just part of the plan to make us accountable to Washington and Washington accountable to no one . Brainwash the kids and Hide God . Bingo, it's done . How DARE parents interupt this with teaching accountability to a higher power than a Nancy.

Read the Declaration of Independence, Read the Bill of Right, And GET MAD!

I am a thirteen year home school mom of seven children, four graduated, three still being educated at home. I feel it is vitally important that we support parental choice in the education of children. This means supporting the education of children in the home by their parents, as well.

I want to share the thoughts of Michael Farris who wrote an article in the Home School Court Report, November/December 2008. Michael Farris wrote that parental rights are not fully protected by our judicial system, and in fact, in a recent court opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that parental liberty in directing the education of one's children is not clearly established. In a recent case involving parental rights, only Justice Clarence Thomas ruled that parental rights are subject to the highest level of judicial protection. Michael Farris said there is confusion among the nation's courts on the correct legal standards to be applied to parental rights. "Not only are the courts failing to embrace a strong theory of parental rights, law reviews…contain a dangerous assortment of views" on the subject, said Farris. Farris said legal scholars are willing to put more restrictions on the doctrine of parental rights. These legal scholars are more than willing to use relevant court decisions to bolster their radical views. The trend is to embrace restrictions on a parent's child-raising abilities and this runs counter to parental rights as a fundamental right.

The trend has been toward the children's rights theory. Children's rights theory is just a way of marketing family life in a socialist context, and has little to do with liberty. The children's rights theory, said Geraldine Van Buren, professor of human rights at the University of London, provides policy makers with the authority to substitute their own decisions for either the child's or parents', as long as it is based on the best interests of the child. There is a trend toward a nanny state in the name of children's rights. In a recent parental rights opinion, Justice Stevens taunted judges who favored parental rights for their treatment of children as "chattel property."

Some left-leaning thinkers say home schooling should be permissible, but stricly regulated. They seem to be uncomfortable with the idea of too much parental involvement in the lives of children. They question whether the schooling of children should even be under the control of parents and think home schooled children grow up to be civically disabled and ethically servile. They want children to become self-sufficient, productively employed citizens, not relying on the state for support. They think the way to teach avoidance of reliance on public support is to put children in government schools for 13 years, relying on public support of the tax payers for every dime. They want to ensure that children acquire the capacity to live their lives as they wish, to be free when they become adults, from the domination of other people. The liberal democratic state would theoretically help them protect their freedom.So, they want government to regulate home schooling in order to advance freedom.

Many home schooled children are raised in Christian homes with a disinctively Christian worldview. But, these thinkers do not want children to have absolute values and reject the idea of absolute truth. They want children to be taught that there is no absolute truth and all values are equal. But they don't really believe that all values are equal for if they did they would treat all ideas equally. One would not be better than the other. Both would deserve equal consideration and protection. They simply cannot accept the idea that parents have the ability to raise children to believe in God, absolute truth, and the other principles that are so despised by these thinkers. They want parents regulated in case they exercise their rights to raise their children in a manner different from any unapproved idea. Beware the underlying issue is parental rights. We need to protect them or we will lose everything.

In this country – education is compulsory – learning is optional

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THE WAY TO GIVE ALL STUDENTS THE BEST TRAINING IN ANY SUBJECT.

Why don't they take THE BEST Teacher for EACH subject, and Videotape their class.

Then, play the video in EVERY CLASS ROOM, for that subject, in the state, and on PBS.

As an example, let's use Freshman High School English.

Make Each Video 30 minutes.

The video would be played at the Beginning of each class

and the Remainder of the class time would be used for an

IN CLASS teacher to discuss the tape, and answer questions.

If a Student missed a class, they would be REQUIRED to watch those tapes.

That way EVERY student of Freshman English, in EVERY school in NV would get the same information.