In January, Jen at Lords of the Manor blogged about the divide between homeschoolers and parents who send their children to public school. She received almost fifty thoughtful comments, and the general consensus was that there is no one perfect way to educate your children and that whichever route you choose, you need to be involved.

However, if you live in California, if you choose to homeschool, you're currently breaking the law. Last week, an appeals court ruled that parents must send their children to a full-time public or private school, or have them taught by tutors with credentials.

Now, I think there's a good chance that this ruling with be overturned, because the state's decision is clearly misguided. What happened to a parent's right to make their own decisions regarding their children's education? And if this ruling stands, that makes me worry about the precedent.

I did some poking around on the Internet to see what people were saying about this story, and what I read was definitely not as nice as the comments on Jen's article. It appears there is still a lot of misinformation, misunderstanding and straight-up ignorance about what it means to homeschool, and frankly, I was shocked by some of the hate.

continued at The Great Walls of Baltimore