Harvard Puts Out Propaganda About Homeschooling
Apr 24, 2020
With many public schools closed around the country due to COVID-19, more parents have been turning to homeschooling for a viable educational alternative. But Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Bartholet and other Harvard-affiliated radicals have written stinging articles against homeschooling, suggesting that it not only “violates children’s rights to a meaningful education” but could be a cover for child abuse by parents.
Bartholet, whose anti-homeschooling article appeared in the Arizona Law Review, did not look favorably on either the 2010 study published in the Widener Law Review that praised the academic achievements of homeschoolers nor the 2009 study by Dr. Brian Ray, who studied the standardized test results of more than 11,000 homeschool students in all 50 states over 25 years and concluded that “homeschoolers are still achieving well beyond their public school counterparts.“ Instead, she disregarded the research and recommended “a presumptive ban” on homeschooling.
In the May issue of Harvard Magazine, Erin O’Donnell presents her “Risks of Homeschooling” article. But instead of weighing the pros and cons, O’Donnell points back to Bartholet’s arguments calling parents incompetent, insinuating that homeschool graduates are dumber, and suggesting that children’s rights trump parental rights and that children would be better off educated by the state.
It’s ironic that Harvard Law School is presenting an invitation-only June summit for “leaders in education and child welfare policy, legislators and legislative staff, academics and policy advocates” that focuses on the “educational deprivation and child maltreatment that too often occur under the guise of homeschooling,” while continuing to enroll homeschool graduates.
Melba Pearson and Alex J. Harris were both homeschooled and both graduated from Harvard. And neither feel they were at a disadvantage or somehow abused for being homeschooled. Pearson said, “Homeschooling, and the lessons and characteristics I learned and honed during the first 18 years of my life, prepared me to succeed—no, excel—at one of the most difficult and prestigious universities in the world.” In a Facebook post responding to Bartholet’s article, Harris added, “Today, as a direct result of my homeschool education, I am a successful attorney at one of the premier law firms in the United States.”
BreakPoint
Harvard Smears Homeschooling Parents and Their Children
Daily Signal
The Risks of Homeschooling
Harvard Magazine
Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education & Protection
Arizona Law Review
Homeschooling Summit: Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform – June 18-19, 2020
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Calls for Ban on Homeschooling; Homeschooled Harvard Graduate On Why This is Wrong
Medium
Alex J. Harris Facebook Post Responding to Elizabeth Bartholet
Facebook
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Bartholet, whose anti-homeschooling article appeared in the Arizona Law Review, did not look favorably on either the 2010 study published in the Widener Law Review that praised the academic achievements of homeschoolers nor the 2009 study by Dr. Brian Ray, who studied the standardized test results of more than 11,000 homeschool students in all 50 states over 25 years and concluded that “homeschoolers are still achieving well beyond their public school counterparts.“ Instead, she disregarded the research and recommended “a presumptive ban” on homeschooling.
In the May issue of Harvard Magazine, Erin O’Donnell presents her “Risks of Homeschooling” article. But instead of weighing the pros and cons, O’Donnell points back to Bartholet’s arguments calling parents incompetent, insinuating that homeschool graduates are dumber, and suggesting that children’s rights trump parental rights and that children would be better off educated by the state.
It’s ironic that Harvard Law School is presenting an invitation-only June summit for “leaders in education and child welfare policy, legislators and legislative staff, academics and policy advocates” that focuses on the “educational deprivation and child maltreatment that too often occur under the guise of homeschooling,” while continuing to enroll homeschool graduates.
Melba Pearson and Alex J. Harris were both homeschooled and both graduated from Harvard. And neither feel they were at a disadvantage or somehow abused for being homeschooled. Pearson said, “Homeschooling, and the lessons and characteristics I learned and honed during the first 18 years of my life, prepared me to succeed—no, excel—at one of the most difficult and prestigious universities in the world.” In a Facebook post responding to Bartholet’s article, Harris added, “Today, as a direct result of my homeschool education, I am a successful attorney at one of the premier law firms in the United States.”
News Sources
Harvard Law Prof Wants to Ban HomeschoolingBreakPoint
Harvard Smears Homeschooling Parents and Their Children
Daily Signal
The Risks of Homeschooling
Harvard Magazine
Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education & Protection
Arizona Law Review
Homeschooling Summit: Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform – June 18-19, 2020
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Calls for Ban on Homeschooling; Homeschooled Harvard Graduate On Why This is Wrong
Medium
Alex J. Harris Facebook Post Responding to Elizabeth Bartholet
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