There has always been something decidedly elitist and anti-democratic in home schooling.

Really? Always? And Home-schoolers routinely testing better is elitist and anti-democratic? And here I thought allowing people no matter their station to excel to their full potential was true egalitarianism.

It smacks of a belief that privileged children

Most homeschooled families I’ve met were middle-class or lower.

should not have to associate with the other kids in the neighborhood and that by staying home, they would not be subjected to the leavening effect of democracy.

I’ll believe the “leavening effect of democracy” thing when progressives stop cowering to every jihadist demand.

Moreover, it is apparent from the cries of the far right that there has been a specific policy in home schooling — to teach only the ideas acceptable to ideologues who fear the contaminating influence of what is commonly known as a liberal education.

Wait a minute. I thought the whole fracas was based on the need for more simple oversight of homeschooling. This goes back to the point I often bring up–if homeschooled students can pass a standardized test, that should be proof enough of parental competence. Hell, make ‘em test even higher, we’ll spot you. But as Yoda would say, “Revealed your opinion is.” This isn’t about credentials or oversight, this is about destroying a rival to the poison of social-engineering dweebs.

Sounds like just another liberal temper-tantrum…