Posted on May 28, 2025
Hegseth Orders Review of Defense Department's Support for Homeschooling
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Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of the Department of Defense's support of military families who choose to homeschool their children in the U.S. and overseas.
In a memo released Tuesday, Hegseth said the assessment is part of an overall departmental review of educational choices for military families, done in accordance with a Jan. 29 presidential executive order that directed the DoD to consider the use of Pentagon funds to pay for private, religious or public charter schools for military dependents. Hegseth said homeschooling should be included in any review of educational opportunities for military children.
In a memo released Tuesday, Hegseth said the assessment is part of an overall departmental review of educational choices for military families, done in accordance with a Jan. 29 presidential executive order that directed the DoD to consider the use of Pentagon funds to pay for private, religious or public charter schools for military dependents. Hegseth said homeschooling should be included in any review of educational opportunities for military children.
Hegseth Orders Review of Defense Department's Support for Homeschooling
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I support home schooling, but I also think parents should acknowledge when it's not for them.
At Campbell I worked with a guy who was homeschooling his son, and there were several problems with that:
1. he was home schooling his son, not his wife, after he got home from working 0600 to 1800, or what we called "half days".
2. he consistently misspelled all of our names, and we were wearing name tapes every day.
3. he frequently failed simple math problems like dividing a 3 digit amount of ammo by 9 (number of people on the team at the time).
At Campbell I worked with a guy who was homeschooling his son, and there were several problems with that:
1. he was home schooling his son, not his wife, after he got home from working 0600 to 1800, or what we called "half days".
2. he consistently misspelled all of our names, and we were wearing name tapes every day.
3. he frequently failed simple math problems like dividing a 3 digit amount of ammo by 9 (number of people on the team at the time).
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SSG Benton Miller
Well you know why they tell us 6-9 round bursts on the machineguns right.....because they don't want us to take off our boots or drop our drawers to count over 10!
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SGM Jeff Mccloud
I should also add that for those living on/near post, the DODDS schools are typically a much better option than the closest public and private schools, and probably a better option than most parents ability to home school.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Nor Do I Object, As The Students Also Receive A Better Quality Of Education
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I'd Like To Get Vic Burks Opinion On This, But When I Was Working In The Schools Here In Vegas And This Subject Came Up, As It Often Did, Every Teacher Stated Home Schooling Is The Best Way To Go IF The Parents Had the Skills To Be Of Help To The Student; And Further Stated The Reasoning: Much Of The Class Time Is Spent Getting The Students Settled Down And Paying Attention To What Was Being Taught, And That Cut Into The Teaching/Learning Of The Students. Several Other Things Such As Cell Phone Interruptions And Kids Just Plain Goofing Off, Whereas With Home Schooling The Students Could Go At Their Own Pace And Have Better Access To Information And Have The Opportunities To Even Graduate Earlier. ~~
~~ disclaimer; this information is presented by a 9th grade middle school drop out.~~
~~ disclaimer; this information is presented by a 9th grade middle school drop out.~~
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