#176: Corey DeAngelis

— Elizabeth Bartholet's Harvard Law Review article advocating for a presumptive ban on homeschooling, which shifts the burden of proof onto parents to prove they are "worthy" of educating their children.

— The flawed logic and fear-mongering in Bartholet's argument, including reliance on anecdotes ("some," "many") rather than statistics, and her own contradiction of this approach when defending international adoption in 2014.

— Actual evidence showing homeschoolers perform better academically and experience lower abuse rates than peers in government-run schools, which Bartholet omits or cherry-picks.

— James Dwyer's authoritarian arguments that parenthood is conferred by the state and that families in "dangerous neighborhoods" should lose custody unless they relocate.

— The historical origins of compulsory education in the United States as a tool for social engineering and homogenization of immigrant populations, and DeAngelis's research showing compulsory schooling laws reduced innovation.

— Myths about homeschooling: socialization concerns are addressed by evidence showing homeschoolers engage in more community and family activities; the claim that education is "defunded" is false (per-pupil spending increased 280% since 1960).

— Recognize that the burden of proof should rest with government to demonstrate wrongdoing, not on families to prove they deserve parental rights; rights should not hinge on academic study averages.

— Apply market-based accountability to education by funding the child rather than the system, enabling families to choose among homeschooling, private schools, charter schools, or public schools and forcing schools to compete for enrollment and resources.

— Understand that bottom-up solutions—whether school choice or alternative monetary systems—provide accountability and incentive alignment that top-down mandates cannot achieve.