Scapegoating Home-Schoolers
BevK January 16th, 2008
Four girls in the District of Columbia were allegedly murdered last year, and a New York Times news story suggests the root cause is . . . home schooling?
James Taranto excerpts the New York Times story and the concludes:
For the sake of argument, though, let’s assume that stricter home-schooling regulations would have some beneficial impact in terms of protecting children from abuse. This would come at the cost of burdening thousands of legitimate home-schooling families, the overwhelming majority of which are not abusive, by intruding into their very homes.
Whether this trade-off would be worth it is a legitimate topic for debate. But it’s worth noting that the Times usually has little patience for those who value safety over privacy, as, for example, in the case of wiretapping terrorists. Are home schoolers more of a menace than al Qaeda?
