Author: David C. Martin
This composite post references articles and studies addressing recent challenges to parental rights specifically for homeschooling. The guiding question is “who carries the moral obligation to education children”?
Stonestreet and Morris describe the source article in Harvard magazine where Harvard professor Elizabeth Bartholet equates homeschooling to potential child abuse and educational neglect. Bartholet advocate for state oversight and licensure of homeschools.
Elizabeth Bartholet, the Harvard Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program, outlines her positions on homeschooling and parental rights.
Bartholet in Arizona Law Review
James G. Dwyer, Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law at the William and Mary School of Law, asserts that the state grants parental rights. Will speak at suspended Harvard Conference on homeschooling.
Dwyer in law review article addressing parental rights and religion: State grants parental rights
See additional insights offered by Rod Dreher at The American Conservative:
Elite Crusade Against-Homeschooling
Bibliography:
Bartholet, E. (2020). Homeschooling: Parent Rights Absolutism vs. Child Rights to Education & Protection. Retrieved from Arizona Law Review: https://arizonalawreview.org/homeschooling-parent-rights-absolutism-vs-child-rights-to-education-protection/
Dreher, R. (2020, April 20). Elite Imperialist Crusade Against Homeschooling. Retrieved from The American Conservative: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/harvard-imperalist-elite-crusade-against-homeschooling/
Dwyer, J. G. (1994). Parents’ Religion and Children’s Welfare: Debunking the Doctrine of Parents’ Rights. Faculty Publications, 168, 1371-1447. Retrieved from https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/168
Marcum, K. (2020, April 23). Harvard Law Professor Wants to Ban Homeschooling Because Christians Do It. Retrieved from The Federalist: https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/23/harvard-law-professor-wants-to-ban-homeschooling-because-christians-do-it/
O’Donnell, E. (2020, May-June). The Risks of Homeschooling. Retrieved from Harvard Magazine: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/right-now-risks-homeschooling
ParentalRIghts.org. (2017, October 11). Law Professor Attacks Parental Rights. Retrieved from ParentalRIghts.org: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dxf-HeM0vw
Stonestreet, J., & Morris, S. (2020, April 20). Harvard Law Prof Wants to Ban Homeschooling: Why She is Wrong. Retrieved from Breakpoint.org: https://breakpoint.org/harvard-law-prof-wants-to-ban-homeschooling/
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