The OFTP package for OACAS included the article "Homeschooling: Back to the Future?" by Isabel Lyman, published by the Cato Institute in Cato Policy Analysis No. 294 January 7, 1998.
In our package, however, the answer to the FAQ "Is Homeschooling Legal?" was replaced to relate to the situation in Ontario.
“While children’s perceptions of the world and opportunities for genuine spontaneity and creativity are being systematically eliminated from the kindergarten, unquestioned obedience to authority and rote learning of meaningless material are being encouraged.” (Harry L. Gracey, sociologist, “Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp” in H. Stub (ed.) The Sociology of Education: A…
“Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to motivate children into learning by wheedling, bribing or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do, is bring as much…
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