Harvard University publications continue to present a skewed perspective of homeschooling. This time, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet is attacking the practice of homeschooling over concerns of child abuse.
Bartholet’s rationale is that, while most homeschooling parents won’t abuse or neglect their children, a tiny few may and so the entire homeschool population must be managed and monitored—including being subject to frequent home-visits by government officials to make sure they are not doing anything wrong.
This guilty-until-proven-innocent approach is not only antithetical to American ideals, it also neglects the fact that many children have suffered abuse in public schools and have had their lives torn apart by Child Protective Services.
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