It should be no surprise that the government in California has ruled that parents have no right to educate their own children. Instead, all children between 7 and 18 must be educated by a certified teacher.

It is also no surprise that the teacher’s unions were thrilled with the ruling.

There are plenty of teachers that I have encountered over the years that I would trust to educate my children. There are also many more that I wouldn’t trust to watch my children much less teach them anything. As long as the bad teachers are protected there will be a problem with the education system and now the families in California have no remedy for that problem.

There is no perfect resolution as to who is best equipped to teach the children. There will always be some parents who choose homeschooling because they don’t want to have to do anything. There will also always be teachers who don’t know or don’t care about what they are teaching (at least as long as the government and unions are involved).

There is no easy answer to who should educate the children, but something has to be done. The educational level in America is going down hill quickly and the government seems determined to keep it that way.