http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/08/alaska-has-best-of-both-worlds-for-homeschooling-5-reasons-why/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:29:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/08/alaska-has-best-of-both-worlds-for-homeschooling-5-reasons-why/#comment-57 kim Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:53:58 +0000 http://homeschool2point0.com/2007/08/alaska-has-best-of-both-worlds-for-homeschooling-5-reasons-why/#comment-57 I know Alaska has a tradition of having many homeschoolers, originally due largely to the geography. I read and agree with your post. But I do know why most people, including me normally, are not supportive of state supplied homeschooling curriculum. It is because we see how in the lower 48 it might create an expectation among the public that homeschooling is state run. Most homeschoolers in the states probably feel that it took a long time to secure the right to educate their children, and they fear that right will be snatched away by too much bureaucracy and red tape ultimately. I guess people just think it is a slippery slope. But there are plenty of new homeschooling families coming to the scene who don't know or care about the history of homeschooling and who see state provided assistance with homeschooling merely as a helping hand. They don't anticipate that it might alter the definition of homeschooling for most. Who knows if any of this would actually occur, but it does seem possible so I think most folks are just overprotective. I know Alaska has a tradition of having many homeschoolers, originally due largely to the geography. I read and agree with your post. But I do know why most people, including me normally, are not supportive of state supplied homeschooling curriculum. It is because we see how in the lower 48 it might create an expectation among the public that homeschooling is state run. Most homeschoolers in the states probably feel that it took a long time to secure the right to educate their children, and they fear that right will be snatched away by too much bureaucracy and red tape ultimately. I guess people just think it is a slippery slope. But there are plenty of new homeschooling families coming to the scene who don’t know or care about the history of homeschooling and who see state provided assistance with homeschooling merely as a helping hand. They don’t anticipate that it might alter the definition of homeschooling for most. Who knows if any of this would actually occur, but it does seem possible so I think most folks are just overprotective.

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