Harvard Professor Claims Homeschooling Is Child Abuse

It was hard to miss the outrage among conservatives on social media this week regarding a Harvard Magazine article called “The Risks of Homeschooling” about the Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet's claim that homeschooling “violates children's right to a ‘meaningful education' and their right to be protected from potential child abuse….” At National Review, Alexandra DeSanctis noted that Bartholet's view tramples “on our country's liberal tradition and long-standing respect for pluralism… but it also peddles harmful notions about what homeschooling is, how it affects children, and how a flourishing society should view the choice to educate children at home.”