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Courts: Good news for homeschoolers, bad news for Christian schools.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 9/09/2008 10:48AM

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"We haven't had that kind of confidence before. It's like buying a car and you didn't know if it was going to run right," Neven said. "It gives us not only a sense of relief and victory, but [also] gives us confidence."

Related Elsewhere:

Christian school case:

The decision is available online.

Other coverage includes:

Judge rejects lawsuit by Christian school | California's closely watched debate over the standing of religious education goes on. (Chicago Tribune)

Court: University of California can reject Christian school classes (Religion News Service)

Judge rules against Christian schools in UC suit | A federal judge has ruled that the University of California did not discriminate against two Christian high schools in Southern California when it refused to honor some of their courses when considering students' eligibility for admission to UC campuses. (The Mercury News)

Murrieta Christian school loses case against UC | A judge rules that the university system was not discriminatory in its refusal to count certain classes toward admission. (Los Angeles Times)

Homeschooling case:

The new decision is online, as well as some background on the family's previous cases. Christianity Today's earlier coverage and the earlier decision are online.

Other coverage includes:

Parents may home-school children without teaching credential, California court says | Gov. Schwarzenegger praises the reversal by the 2nd District Court of Appeal as a victory for students and parental rights. (Los Angeles Times)

California appeals court affirms home schooling by non-credentialed parents | In a decision widely praised, a California appeals court this morning affirmed the right of parents who don't have a teaching credential to educate their children at home. (The Mercury News)

A Homeschooling Win in California | Back in February, a California court stunned the homeschooling families in the state when it declared that Mom or Dad had to have a credentialed teaching degree — or else their kids would be considered truants. (Time magazine)

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HW	Posted: September 11, 2008 11:22 AM

I am glad I live in the USA, where we have the God realized freedom to think, talk and educate! We have home-schooled 6 children. Our oldest, 2nd yr Christian university in the Midwest. Our 2nd is a Senior at a private Christian college prep HS. Both home-schooled through 8th grade and excelling!! Our last 4 are still being home-schooled and excelling!! (Ages 5,7,10,13) I agree that it is the parental involvement in any type of education that allows a child to excel or not, but it can also be the system they are involved in that is lacking. The NEA doesn't like home-schooling because we prove they are not educating as well as untrained parents can. The state "tests/exams" some want taken are so dumbed down it is ridiculous. Our government/public schools teach to pass the tests and don't. That is not real world educating. It is a special parent that is called and chooses to home-school and do it to the best of their ability. Especially if it is as unto GOD! LEAVE home-schooling ALONE!!!

homebuilding

Posted: September 10, 2008 4:00 PM

For those of you reporting statistics about the deficiencies of public schools, please note that public schools "take them all!" ....always have and always will. This means the fatherless, the motherless, the ones with imprisoned or drug addicted parents, severe emotional problems, the homeless, etc. (Don't leave out the severe premies that have severe cognitive deficits.) Is there any chance, whatsoever, that some of these "other children of God" will not pull down the test results of public schools--they surely won't be bringing the home school assessements down, because they rarely are selected for homeschooling. In general, keeping students with many special needs and problems out of school isn't called homeschooling--it's called NEGLECT

Chuck

Posted: September 10, 2008 3:13 PM

A secular institution has every right to set standards of admission, and no one should be shocked that they set secular standards. If Christian parents want to send their children to a secular university, they need to take that into consideration, at least before the child enters High School, and then plan accordingly. Shannon: You are entitled to your opinion, but that is a ridiculous argument against home schooling. State exams are designed to monitor state-run schools; and they don't even do a very good job of that. If the state is not educating a child, the state has no right to force that child to sit for a state exam. If parents want their children to take the state exam, that should be their prerogative.

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