Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
What's The Point of Homeschooling, Anyway?
June 30, 2020
Seamus and Bob are back!
While reading his preferred newspaper, Ron begins to think that banning homeschooling is a great idea. After all, homeschooled kids are weird, under-educated, and likely to be abused, right?
Well, Seamus and Bob have some things to say about that…
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Jen Maffessanti
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
- https://edchoice.org
- https://wehavekids.com/education/Do-Homeschoolers-Really-Do-Better-on-Tests
- https://www.parentingscience.com/homeschooling-outcomes.html
- https://www.nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/
- https://fee.org/articles/home-education-inspires-a-love-of-learning/
- https://fee.org/articles/homeschooled-weirdoes-and-the-culture-of-conformity/
- https://fee.org/articles/7-persistent-myths-about-homeschoolers-debunked/
- https://www.cato.org/publications/briefing-paper/homeschooling-educational-freedom-why-school-choice-good-homeschoolers
- https://harpers.org/archive/2003/09/against-school/
- https://childrenstreatmentcenter.com/sexual-abuse-teachers/
- http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/school-bullying-statistics.html
- https://www.econlib.org/archives/2016/07/the_science_of_1.html
- https://educationandbehavior.com/what-does-research-say-about-homeschooling/
- https://fee.org/articles/my-upcoming-debate-with-the-harvard-professor-who-wants-a-presumptive-ban-on-homeschooling/
- https://fee.org/articles/theres-a-due-process-problem-with-homeschool-regulations/
