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.
“Schools are artificial man-made institutions in contrast to the home, which is a natural setting. There have always been many cultures with no schools, but none without homes. Learning at home, in fact, was the original education system, and school has become the substitute. Until the last century, children didn’t usually even begin formal school…
“Certainly the failure rate among schoolchildren is far higher than homeschoolers. If ‘failure to educate’ means child neglect or even child abuse, well then, I’ll tell you what, plenty of our schools are in big trouble.” (David Guterson – Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense)
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