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PiCO
03-08-2008, 04:59 PM
There's a poll on a local news website:

Do you think parents or guardians who home school their children should be
required to have teaching credentials to do so?

Yes

No

No opinion

The site is

http://www.9news.com/ (http://www.9news.com/)

Look for the poll about half way down on the right side of the page. (You have to scroll down.)

Thanks!
elegantlion
03-08-2008, 05:10 PM
I just voted, there are 2800 votes so far. Thanks for posting.
chai
03-08-2008, 05:23 PM
Hey! That's my news channel too! I voted.
True Blue
03-08-2008, 09:33 PM
I voted. Thanks for posting this.
Daisy
03-08-2008, 09:35 PM
I voted!
beansprouts
03-08-2008, 09:36 PM
The "no's" are more than double the "yes's" - There is intelligent life out there!!

;)
hana
03-08-2008, 09:37 PM
Voted! :)
Cadam
03-08-2008, 09:40 PM
don't we kind of skew the results though? I voted btw, just wondering.
Karin
03-08-2008, 09:40 PM
I just voted and there are 4000 no's to less than 2K yeses. I wonder how much this poll reflects society at large and how much reflects the fact that homeschoolers tend to communicate.
PiCO
03-09-2008, 12:27 PM
don't we kind of skew the results though? I voted btw, just wondering.

I was hoping to skew the results. That's what everyone does for these online polls!

But really, the point (for me) of skewing results is so people realize that there are a lot of people out there that don't want homeschooling regulated. (I found out about the poll from HSLDA, I think- I'm still on an e-mail list from when I went to a CHEC conference I think.)

No one should think that an online poll is scientific. On the 9News website it says that the poll is for entertainment value only.

Thanks for voting!
chai
03-09-2008, 01:48 PM
It's skewed alright. Every homeschool group I'm on put out an e-mail to vote! Once the word was out, the no votes rose dramatically. It's nice to see homeschoolers rise to the challenge though. :)
Karin
03-09-2008, 03:40 PM
It's skewed alright. Every homeschool group I'm on put out an e-mail to vote! Once the word was out, the no votes rose dramatically. It's nice to see homeschoolers rise to the challenge though. :)

Absolutely. It's usually a minority that fights the most to keep our rights, IMO--I have no stats or polls to prove that;)