No, homeschoolers are not like ‘domestic terrorists’

By Michael Donnelly

Published March 3, 2021 5:00am ET

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No, homeschoolers are not like ‘domestic terrorists’ — In this Oct. 9, 2019 photo, Donya Grant, right, works on a homeschool lesson with her daughter Mabry, 8, in their home in Monroe, Wash. Grantâs family is part of a group of people who have brought a lawsuit against the Monroe School District, alleging that the district had never tested for PCBs contamination at the Sky Valley Education Center school in Monroe, Wash., and had not followed a state policy to regularly inspect old light fixtures, though it had known since at least 2000 that many contained PCBs. Grant has homeschooled all of her children since they stopped attending Sky Valley in 2016 for health reasons they say were related to toxins present at the school. | (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Are homeschooling families indoctrinating their children to be future terrorists? Susan Johnson seems to think so.

The retired West Virginia teacher recently published an op-ed comparing private and home schools to terrorist training camps. “Many children are homeschooled using private instructional programs — some that are online — that are marketed for particular religious and political persuasions,” she writes.

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