[Homeschooling: The Empire Strikes Back By Dick Morris] "With over two million children now schooled -- usually quite well -- at home, the education establishment and the teachers unions find themselves leaking students at an alarming rate. Driven by bad public education, the threat of school violence, and a virtual prohibition against values-based learning in government schools, more and more Americans are taking advantage of their right to homeschool their children. The very success of their experiences -- as measured by test scores, jobs after graduation, and college admissions -- are violating the fundamental credo of the education hierarchy: That all children must go to schools we run.

Now the Obama Administration is doing the bidding of the union and the establishment by challenging the grant of asylum to a German family that migrated to the United States in order to homeschool their children. Uniquely in Europe, homeschooling in Germany is illegal and indistinguishable from chronic truancy in the eyes of the authorities. In order to avoid what German law refers to as a "parallel society", the Fourth Reich seeks to assure that all children are shaped by the same influences in the same classes at the same schools.

The Romeike family didn't see things that way and wanted to homeschool their children. After harassment, threats, and the prospect of losing custody of their children, they fled to the United States where homeschooling is welcomed.

A Memphis judge approved their request for asylum but the Justice Department -- which does little to stop twelve million people from coming here illegally -- thought the case worthy of their intervention and got the Board of Immigration Appeals to overturn the Memphis decision and order the deportation of the Romeikes.

Through the auspices and intervention of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), the Romeikes are appealing the verdict to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. They argue that the right to homeschool is a decision of conscience protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These documents all attest to the power of parents to direct the moral and religious education of their children.

But the case goes far deeper than the right of asylum. Homeschooling is providing an increasingly viable alternative as the ranks of adults with college education increases, the quality of public schools drops or stagnates, and the refusal of government schools to offer any sort of values education. The number of homeschooled students has risen from 1.5 million in 2007 to over 2 million in 2012 and is growing ever more rapidly.

This movement to protect children on the one hand and our societal values on the other deserves our support and we must stand with those abroad who seek the same right to homeschool we all enjoy..." Full text: Homeschooling: The Empire Strikes Back

Also see:

Spartan Women

http://www.parentalrights.org/

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "...[H]omeschooled kids are about 3% of the total number of students in the United States. .."

Do you believe parents should be permitted to educate their kids? Pr 22:6

Response to comment [from an atheist]: "...[W]hy would you ever back a point with Dick Morris?"

A broken clock is right twice a day.

Should parents be free to homeschool?

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Yes, but is running from evil the answer?"

You think it's better to put them in godless public schools?

"I think it's better to take back what was once ours."

Until then, you want them in godless public schools?

"So your plan is to run away from evil, 'regroup' and then take back what was once ours?"

My plan is to keep my kids out of the godless public schools.

Response to comment [from other]: "Not possible. You can keep your children out of public schools, however, they will continue to exist because many parents do not have the luxury to home school or send their children to private schools..."

If it is a priority, people find a way (Pr 22:6).

"...[T]here are some people who are so beyond stupid that I would fear for their children if they tried to homeschool."

Can't be worse than a so-called education from godless public schools.

Bob Enyart on Public Schools

Also see:

Public Schools

"When my niece was in first grade my sister would bring her over so I could help her with her schoolwork."

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Hmm Ok, I've got Depart, When, Child, Train ...But how do I get the full Proverbs 22:6?  King James Version (KJV)  6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "It is true that kids are more tolerant and less cruel than they were in previous generations. All that "respecting differences" talk in the culture did produce a place where being different no longer puts a target on your back."

Aren't you the one who believes man came from a special monkey?

See:

One Race One Blood
Barbarian

Recommended Reading:

Darwin’s Plantation: Evolution’s Racist Roots

[Aren't you the one who believes man came from a special monkey? ] "Nope."

Are white monkeys more special than black monkeys?

"I think your fellow creationist was only saying that white people are more special than black people."

One author is white and the other is black. They know we are one race--the human race (Ac 17:26).

[One author is white and the other is black.] "Serpent, it doesn't matter to most people. It matters to you..."

Proof please (Ac 17:26).



See:

Tactics of the Left

'Diversity' nonsense has infiltrated K-12 schools

Court Rules Against German Homeschool Family Seeking Asylum

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "See serpentdove, there's nothing to be concerned about here. Just get your children involved in sports and they can pray after or before school..."

I would not subject my kids to the godless public schools.

[6th Circuit Court: Freedom to Homeschool Not Protected For Asylum Seekers by Shane Vander Hart] "...The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the Justice Department, in Romeike vs. Holder, that the freedom to homeschool not one of the fundamental rights protected for asylum seekers." Full text: 6th Circuit Court: Freedom to Homeschool Not Protected For Asylum Seekers

Barbie has Greek values.

"I heard you the first time. While a lot of Christians like you run from the fight, there are many of us that stay in the system and try to change it."

Do you mean you are allowing your kids to be subjected to a godless influence? Pr 22:6

"Granted, there are perverts like the Barbarian that are involved in school administration and teaching, but there are also Christians as well."

Cop-out. You know the public schools are godless. We know you know because you write about it here.

"The Christian children who I know that attend public schools (and God bless their parents for sending them there)..."

"God bless them." ~ Nancy Pelosi

"...[A]nd yes serpentdove, some of them even have darker skin than yours (GASP! They go to schools where they allow heathen kneegrows??).

What does skin color have to do with one's worldview?  Ac 17:26

"People like you have been running from perverts like the Barbarian since the beginning of time..."

Some of meathead's posts should not receive a reply (Pr 26:4). Some posts I just don't see.



Instant e-mail notification is inop.

"...Fortunate for you, there are people that will stand and face him and defeat his agenda..."

While you shirk your responsibility to raise your child. 

"...and you can sit back and enjoy the fruit of their labor for the freedoms that they fought and sometimes died for."

That's what I do. I eat bon bons all day.

"In closing:  why are you here?"

"Why are you here?" Right click, open. 2 Co 5:11, Ac 20:20

See:

Eze 3:17-20 MacArthur

"What is your purpose?  Are Christians meant to eke out a passive existence in this life while they wait to die and go to heaven..."

"...or is there something more?"

"You got me monologuing! I can't believe it..." Syndrome, The Incredibles

"The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:28 that God created us to multiply, fill the earth, and take dominion of His creation for His Glory. When Jesus came to earth, He gave his disciples the Great Commission and told them to make disciples of all nations, Baptize them, and teach them to obey all that he had commanded (Matthew 28:18-20). These two mandates form the basis for why Christ's Church exists on this planet. Every square inch of this world belongs to King Jesus. It is our privilege to serve Him by exercising servanthood dominion in every area of life.  The last time I checked, public schools falls into that category."

When he asks why you subjected your kid's to godless public schools, how will you answer him? Pr 22:6

"Thank you Jesus for giving me the privilege of serving You."

I like your service in His name, too. Now get your kids the hell out of public schools!

See:

Public School Fools

Supreme Court Orders Obama Admin to Respond to Romeike Homeschooler's Petition

"We are no longer the leader of the free world." ~ Dennis Prager, 2 Dec 13

Also see:

Greek values

OH Bill Would Require Parents to Undergo State Investigation Before Homeschooling

Homeschooling: The Empire Strikes Back