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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Do Home Schoolers "Belong to the Government"?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Do Home Schoolers "Belong to the Government"?:


Do Home Schoolers "Belong to the Government"?

Does being "missional" or "democratic" mean home schooling should be discouraged?  Whose idea of "social contract" should apply in your childrens' education?



A recent article (adapted from a blog Strange Figures) in the St. Louis Post Dispatch about home schooling raised interesting questions about the role of home schoolers in society, both from a religious and secular standpoint.  The author, Sharon Autenrieth, questions the premise of a "societal compact" in