alt.education

In article <47D2E97F.6030703@columbia-center.org>, clore@columbia-
center.org says...
> News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
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> "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children=
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> in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation=
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> as a means of protecting the public welfare," the judge wrote, quoting=20
> from a 1961 case on a similar issue.

that's communist tyranny.
in fact it goes back to 17th-18th century philosophers.
they viewed man as a purely material and determined object, to be molded=20
by the state.
these "philosophers" are still revered in france and elsewhere being=20
refered to as "l'esprit des lumi=E8res" and "la philosophie des lumi=E8res"=
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but few are aware of the harsh totalitarianism of their views.

here's an article in french that spills the beans:
http://hoplite.hautetfort.com/archive/2007/week01/index.html
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http://quintaldo.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/lumieres-et-totalitarisme/


> Homeschoolers' setback sends shock waves through state
> Bob Egelko, Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writers
> Friday, March 7, 2008.
> (03-07) 04:00 PST LOS ANGELES --
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> A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by=20
> parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state=20
> this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and=
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> their parents at risk of prosecution.
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> The homeschooling movement never saw the case coming.
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> "At first, there was a sense of, 'No way,'" said homeschool parent Loren=
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> Mavromati, a resident of Redondo Beach (Los Angeles County) who is=20
> active with a homeschool association. "Then there was a little bit of=20
> fear. I think it has moved now into indignation."
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> The ruling arose from a child welfare dispute between the Los Angeles=20
> County Department of Children and Family Services and Philip and Mary=20
> Long of Lynwood, who have been homeschooling their eight children. Mary=
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> Long is their teacher, but holds no teaching credential.
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> The parents said they also enrolled their children in Sunland Christian=
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> School, a private religious academy in Sylmar (Los Angeles County),=20
> which considers the Long children part of its independent study program=
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> and visits the home about four times a year.
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> The Second District Court of Appeal ruled that California law requires=20
> parents to send their children to full-time public or private schools or=
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> have them taught by credentialed tutors at home.
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> Some homeschoolers are affiliated with private or charter schools, like=
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> the Longs, but others fly under the radar completely. Many homeschooling=
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> families avoid truancy laws by registering with the state as a private=20
> school and then enroll only their own children.
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> Yet the appeals court said state law has been clear since at least 1953,=
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> when another appellate court rejected a challenge by homeschooling=20
> parents to California's compulsory education statutes. Those statutes=20
> require children ages 6 to 18 to attend a full-time day school, either=20
> public or private, or to be instructed by a tutor who holds a state=20
> credential for the child's grade level.
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> "California courts have held that ... parents do not have a=20
> constitutional right to homeschool their children," Justice H. Walter=20
> Croskey said in the 3-0 ruling issued on Feb. 28. "Parents have a legal=
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> duty to see to their children's schooling under the provisions of these=
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> laws."
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> Parents can be criminally prosecuted for failing to comply, Croskey said.
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> "A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children=
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> in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation=
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> as a means of protecting the public welfare," the judge wrote, quoting=20
> from a 1961 case on a similar issue.
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> Union pleased with ruling
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> The ruling was applauded by a director for the state's largest teachers=
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> union.
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> "We're happy," said Lloyd Porter, who is on the California Teachers=20
> Association board of directors. "We always think students should be=20
> taught by credentialed teachers, no matter what the setting."
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> A spokesman for the state Department of Education said the agency is=20
> reviewing the decision to determine its impact on current policies and=20
> procedures. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell=20
> issued a statement saying he supports "parental choice when it comes to=
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> homeschooling."
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> Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, which agreed=20
> earlier this week to represent Sunland Christian School and legally=20
> advise the Long family on a likely appeal to the state Supreme Court,=20
> said the appellate court ruling has set a precedent that can now be used=
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> to go after homeschoolers. "With this case law, anyone in California who=
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> is homeschooling without a teaching credential is subject to prosecution=
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> for truancy violation, which could require community service, heavy=20
> fines and possibly removal of their children under allegations of=20
> educational neglect," Dacus said.
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> Parents say they choose homeschooling for a variety of reasons, from=20
> religious beliefs to disillusionment with the local public schools.
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> Homeschooling parent Debbie Schwarzer of Los Altos said she's ready for=
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> a fight.
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> Schwarzer runs Oak Hill Academy out of her Santa Clara County home. It=20
> is a state-registered private school with two students, she said, noting=
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> they are her own children, ages 10 and 12. She does not have a teaching=
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> credential, but she does have a law degree.
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> "I'm kind of hoping some truancy officer shows up on my doorstep," she=20
> said. "I'm ready. I have damn good arguments."
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> She opted to teach her children at home to better meet their needs.
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> The ruling, Schwarzer said, "stinks."
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> Began as child welfare case
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> The Long family legal battle didn't start out as a test case on the=20
> validity of homeschooling. It was a child welfare case.
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> A juvenile court judge looking into one child's complaint of=20
> mistreatment by Philip Long found that the children were being poorly=20
> educated but refused to order two of the children, ages 7 and 9, to be=20
> enrolled in a full-time school. He said parents in California have a=20
> right to educate their children at home.
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> The appeals court told the juvenile court judge to require the parents=20
> to comply with the law by enrolling their children in a school, but=20
> excluded the Sunland Christian School from enrolling the children=20
> because that institution "was willing to participate in the deprivation=
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> of the children's right to a legal education."
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> The decision could also affect other kinds of homeschooled children,=20
> including those enrolled in independent study or distance learning=20
> through public charter schools -- a setup similar to the one the Longs=20
> have, Dacus said.
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> Charter school advocates disagreed, saying Thursday that charter schools=
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> are public and are required to employ only credentialed teachers to=20
> supervise students -- whether in class or through independent study.
> Ruling will apply statewide
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> Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association,=20
> said the ruling would effectively ban homeschooling in the state.
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> "California is now on the path to being the only state to deny the vast=
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> majority of homeschooling parents their fundamental right to teach their=
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> own children at home," he said in a statement.
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> But Leslie Heimov, executive director of the Children's Law Center of=20
> Los Angeles, which represented the Longs' two children in the case, said=
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> the ruling did not change the law.
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> "They just affirmed that the current California law, which has been=20
> unchanged since the last time it was ruled on in the 1950s, is that=20
> children have to be educated in a public school, an accredited private=20
> school, or with an accredited tutor," she said. "If they want to send=20
> them to a private Christian school, they can, but they have to actually=
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> go to the school and be taught by teachers."
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> Heimov said her organization's chief concern was not the quality of the=
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> children's education, but their "being in a place daily where they would=
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> be observed by people who had a duty to ensure their ongoing safety."
> Online resources
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> The ruling: To view the ruling by the Second District Court of Appeal,=20
> go to http://links.sfgate.com/ZCQR .
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> E-mail the writers at begelko@sfchronicle.com and jtucker@sfchronicle.com=
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> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL
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> This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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