Obama and Homeschool

Posted by Taz's Mom on August 29th, 2008 filed in Homeschool

I keep reading through Obama’s education proposals, and I get an icky feeling when I read this:

Obama will require all schools of education to be accredited. He will also create a voluntary national performance assessment so we can be sure that every new educator is trained and ready to walk into the classroom and start teaching effectively.

Does that mean that in order to teach my child I will have to go back to school and get a degree? Does that mean I will have to go through rigorous testing to become an “accredited” school? Color me a bit freaked out.

I know that in his book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream there is RUMORED to be a quote about him supporting homeschool, but our library just closed without warning so I have no way of seeing for myself. I have also been reading all across the net how people are perceiving what he might think on homeschool, but I have yet to see anything concrete.

Any thoughts?

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For others it may mean homeschool-ing or moving where the cost of living is lower. Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope page 344

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6 Responses to “Obama and Homeschool”

Camille Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I do not think that Home Tutoring should fall under “school”.

You can never really tell what a politician is implying until it is too late!!
Taz's Mom Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
It’s very true. That’s why I am so very wary of what he really thinks about homeschools. I can’t be sure from one wayward line in a book. If he was really about home schooling, he would have brought it up at least once. Instead, he only talks about reforming the public schools and makes it sound as if we who are at home will end up having to become accredited in order to teach our kids.
Mrs. C Says:
September 8th, 2008 at 6:28 am
OK, anyone who is friends with the NEA is probably no friend of home education. Just sayin’.
Melissa Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Some states require that you have a bachelors degree or become accredited to homeschool. In my opinion a mom without a bachelors can do a much better job teaching her child than a teacher with a bachelors.
Alasandra Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 11:50 am
When asked this was Obama’s response
Q. Do you support home schooling?
A. Barack Obama respects the decisions reached by some parents to home school their children, provided those parents are conforming to the laws and regulations set forward by their states governing home-based instruction.

Since HOMESCHOOLING laws are a STATE issue and not a FEDERAL issue, he probably didn’t feel the need to bring it up.
Sharon Says:
December 5th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Melissa,
I have a Master’s degree in education and psychology and I think I do a darn good job at homeshcooling my child, thank you very much! Clearly, I beg to differ. Why on earth would a degree be a hindrance? How pretentious and rude of you! I wonder how many other people you may have offended. I have never said that any of the homeschool moms I know can’t teach well without a college degree. (And most of them don’t have one). We all do a fine job in my opinion, irregardless of degrees.