{"id":1955,"date":"2013-10-22T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T00:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2013-10-22T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T00:06:21","slug":"homeschooling-and-a-beka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1955","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling and A Beka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homeschooling. I don’t have a big heartache with it. There are plenty of reasons why parents may want to give their children a different educational experience than what can be found in the public schools. But when I see this<\/a> (Bradenton Herald article: Home-schooled option gains favor in Florida), I just bang my head against the wall:<\/p>\n

“She attends a home-school facility that teaches the A Beka Academy curriculum, where she takes required classes (English, math, science) three days a week.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Beka? No. Just no. If you don’t know why I’m discouraged, search their website for biology texts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This teachable, readable, and memorable book presents the universe as the direct creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Homeschooling. I don’t have a big heartache with it. There are plenty of reasons why parents may want to give their children a different educational experience than what can be found in the public schools. 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