Where do you stand on homeschooling?

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20. Children should reach a certain level of performance on the

annual assessment tests. Other than that no other restrictions. Iowa does a pretty good job with Homeschooling in my opinion. At the end of the day parental rights trump other considerations. Homeschooling as a choice keep local school districts honest. Our local school district is far more willing to work with parents who want to structure their children's education in unique ways. For example I homeschooled my younger daughter in Science, Social Studies and English in 7th and 8th grade. I think my decision and my reasons for doing it prompted some self examination by the local school (actually the curriculum adjusted to respond to some of my objections). I could only do this because my older daughter went through the classes and gained nothing from the experience.

A discussion my daughter overheard at the local high school. A science teacher was resentful that so many students were accelerating in science in middle school requiring additional staffing for a traditionally 10th grade class. Her contention was that these students should be prevented from doing this. She also resented that many children were taking college classes starting in 11th grade and avoiding the public school offerings. She wanted these processes stopped (she really has no say). Our high school has not kept up with the best latest model of college level classes in High School (combined dual enroll with college with option to take AP test). Because of how the flagship university handles AP credit, it becomes a waste of time pursuing it in most cases. I am paying for college classes to save my daughter time and effort. She will not be taking English, Social Studies, Math, or Science at the high school in 11th or 12th grade.