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Re:The Misunderstanding About Education That Cost Mark Zucke... by starcraft2wol on Friday October 13, 2023 @12:29AM (#37866685)
> ignoring the religious indoctrination

Although this is correlated with homeschooling, the homeschool movement is much larger in 2023. Also remember the alternative is state indoctrination.

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Re:The Misunderstanding About Education That Cost Mark Zucke... by hef19898 on Friday October 13, 2023 @03:40AM (#37867880)
I am with John Stuart Mill when it comes to education: Free choice for everyone, with the state setting the minimum threshold when it comes to curriculum and quality. Modern US homeschooling does not comply with that idea, as there are no standards today.
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Re:The Misunderstanding About Education That Cost Mark Zucke... by starcraft2wol on Friday October 13, 2023 @09:27AM (#37870344)
> as there are no standards today.

This isn't true. Home schoolers in many states still have to pass state standards test - the only check of quality on the public school.

And empirically the standards are higher if you measure performance on ACT/SAT.

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