Harvard Magazine Calls for a ‘Presumptive Ban’ on Homeschooling: Here Are 5 Things It Got Wrong

It’s a one-sided portrayal of homeschooling families that mischaracterizes most of today’s homeschoolers.

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Harvard Magazine Calls for a ‘Presumptive Ban’ on Homeschooling: Here Are 5 Things It Got Wrong — A general view of Harvard University campus on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Mass. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

4/27/2020Updated: 4/28/2020

Author’s Note: This is a copy of my submitted letter to the editor to Harvard Magazine regarding its recent article, “The Risks of Homeschooling.”

Dear Editor:

Kerry McDonald

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Kerry McDonald is a senior education fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. She is also the author of “Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom” (2019) and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., with her husband and four children.

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