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Originally Posted by RWood
As for home schooling the chances there are even less vivid. School systems and professional teachers want this practice stopped because it produces superior results to the normal schooling and is a threat to them. Consequently, they already dictate the texts to be used and the tests that must be passed by each student. The only inroads here might be in the lit classes where the books are available on Gutenberg.
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Er... this is kind of off-topic for this thread (which I suppose has never stopped us before), but having a fair amount of experience with both school districts and home schoolers, I really have to disagree. I suppose it depends on your definition of "superior results," though. (Certainly the issue of texts being dictated by the school district is way off in every case of home schooling that I know of.)