[CBN] A Harvard Law professor raised eyebrows with comments critical of homeschooling in America, calling for a "presumptive ban" on the practice and taking it a step further, claiming it is "dangerous" for parents to have "authoritarian control over their children" from ages zero to 18.Harvard’s Elizabeth Bartholet was extensively quoted in an article published on Harvard Magazine’s website titled "The Risks of Homeschooling."
The article begins with an image of what appears to be a homeschooled child inside a home with bars on the window while other children run around outside playing.
Readers pointed out the irony in this image, noting that it’s homeschoolers who are more flexible in their schedules and able to experience society and life at their leisure while students in public school are forced to stay in a building.
The article employs and appeals to many common anti-homeschooling tropes in lieu of relevant factual and statistical information. For starters, Bartholet demeans homeschooling as depriving children of a "meaningful education" while claiming it would keep them from "contributing positively to a democratic society."
Note the "Arithmatic" book?