| Homeschooling textbooks are under attack, but | | | | teach their children their beliefs just as do people |
| the real controversy really makes little sense. | | | | of any other religions. |
| It seems to have started when MSNBC recently | | | | As far as the complaint that they are lacking in |
| published an article attacking homeschool science | | | | their education, this is simply unfounded. If you |
| textbooks. The problem, as they saw it, was that | | | | compare standard test results of homeschooling |
| many homeschool textbooks written specifically | | | | children who use these materials with those of |
| for homeschooling families discredit evolution and | | | | their public school peers, they excel. This is not |
| may dismiss it altogether. They looked at this as | | | | harming their ability to function in the world of |
| a disservice to homeschooling families. | | | | science or anywhere else. |
| What the reporter fails to realize is that a large | | | | It is also not accurate to say that a secular |
| majority of homeschoolers are actually choosing | | | | homeschooler cannot find textbooks. Because |
| to homeschool for this reason. They do not | | | | public schools now require their textbooks to be |
| believe the non-Biblical worldview that is presented | | | | clear of Christian references, purchasing from any |
| in the public schools and want to present science | | | | of these publishers is easy from any bookstore. |
| from a Biblical Christian worldview. | | | | There are also many complete homeschool |
| Christian homeschoolers choose to look at the | | | | programs that are completely secular and match |
| Bible as truth and scientific theories of man must | | | | exactly what is taught in the public schools. |
| conform to it or they are incorrect. Secularists | | | | The real attack here is not against these |
| believe that man's theories of science are always | | | | publishers, but against the basic right to |
| true and if the Bible does not match, then the | | | | homeschool children the way that the parents feel |
| Bible is wrong. | | | | is best. Homeschoolers (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, |
| So these Christian homeschooling textbook | | | | secular or other) can find great material, and |
| providers are simply providing the missing pieces | | | | should applaud the right of other homeschoolers |
| for children to help them understand the world | | | | to teach their children what is important to them. |
| from a Biblical perspective and not a secular one. | | | | For many, that is what homeschooling is all about. |
| Christian homeschooling parents have the right to | | | | |