Forbes writer Mike McShane joined the blowback on that Harvard law professor's campaign to outlaw homeschooling.
His article, "Harvard's Lazy Attack on Homeschooling," makes the same point I did this week, which is that their case is easily countered. (The image above was used in the Harvard Magazine article - how funny is it that they originally misspelled "arithmetic!") Studies show that homeschooled kids do very well academically and are no less safe at home.
Regarding the professor's objection to "conservative Christian" parents, she should know that she can't get a law passed to silence political opinion she doesn't like (yesterday's post).
McShane adds that homeschooling parents are actually diverse, not only the stereotype. Kids with special needs are the primary reason why about 10% of parents do homeschooling, while 8% are African-American and 26% are Hispanic.
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