Attempts to regulate homeschooling faces furious opposition.
Once considered the exception rather than the rule, more parents are choosing a homeschooling education over public schools as the best path for their children. A recent Illinois initiative, however, would compel registration of parents who teach their children outside the government’s oversight, revealing the popularity of what has become a parietal movement across the US and in the world’s most developed countries.
Homeschooling Revolt
The Illinois “Homeschool Act” (HB2827) has encountered fierce opposition, with a ratio of some 4,000 filings against the measure to merely 38 in favor. The Coalition for Responsible Home Educators, which bills itself as “ the only national nonprofit founded and run by homeschooled adults advocating for homeschooled children,”…
