Last week’s post generated by far the most activity I’ve ever had on this blog. Most of the comments submitted showcase the remarkable zeal with which homeschoolers rush to defend themselves in the face of perceived attack. The outside observer might find such behavior a bit overdone and melodramatic. To me it helps explain why homeschoolers have been so successful in the political arena. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Robin L. West’
A bit more on West’s HARMS OF HOMESCHOOLING
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Robin L. West on December 28, 2009| 13 Comments »
West on the Harms of Homeschooling
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Constitution, ethical servility, fundamentalist Protestants, Georgetown University Law Center, home visits, HSLDA, immunizations, Kathryn Joyce, Michigan, Perry Glanzer, Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, physical abuse, public health, Quiverfull, Rob Kunzman, Rob Reich, Robin L. West, USA Today, Write These Laws on your Children on December 21, 2009| 78 Comments »
This post reviews Robin L. West, “The Harms of Homeschooling” in Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 29, no. 3/4 (Summer/Fall 2009): 7-11 [Available here]
West, a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, here provides perhaps the most blistering attack on homeschooling to be published in a reputable source in many years. (more…)