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Home schooling: what is the liberal approach?

It’s an issue that arouses passions on either side. For some, home schooling is an absolute right, for parents to be able to educate their children in the manner of their choosing without interference from the state. For others, the concern is to ensure that children whose parents are not suitable to home school do not suffer for the rest of their lives as a result.

Where, as liberals, do we draw the line between the rights of parents to know better than the state; and the rights of children to achieve the best possible education?

Lynne Featherstone wrote about home …

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