Corey DeAngelis

#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).