Resolutions
- 01. WPA and Choice in Education (4/88)
- 02. Wisconsin's Home Schooling Law (4/88)
- 03. State-Mandated Standardized Testing (4/88)
- 04. Home Schooling, Private Education, and the DPI (4/88)
- 05. State Review and Approval of a Home-Based Private Educational Program's Calendar and Curriculum (4/89)
- 06. Teacher Certification of Home Schooling Parents (4/89)
- 07. Entry and Re-entry Into Public Schools (4/90)
- 08. Home Schoolers Taking Courses in Public Schools (4/90)
- 09. Unity Among Home Schoolers (4/90)
- 10. The Primary Role of Parents in Education (4/91)
- 11. Opposition to State Control of Education and the Family (4/91)
- 12. State goals in education (4/92)
- 13. America 2000 and Wisconsin 2000 (4/92)
- 14. Education Vouchers (4/92)
- 15. Outcome-Based Education (4/93)
- 16. Government Collaboration (4/93)
- 17. Maintain the Distinction Between Public and Private Schools (4/93)
- 18. Screening, Evaluating, and Labeling Children (4/94)
- 19. The Federal Government and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 20. Privacy and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 21. The Independence of the Homeschooling Movement (4/95)
- 22. Families First (4/95)
- 23. Homeschooling, Educational Reform, Freedoms, and Money (4/95)
- 24. Maintaining Wisconsin's Homeschooling Law (5/96)
- 25. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/96)
- 26. Attempts by the State to Determine Eligibility to Homeschool (4/97)
- 27. School-To-Work Programs (4/97)
- 28. Day-Time Curfews, Truancy Sweeps, and ID Cards for Homeschoolers (5/98)
- 29. The Real Cost of Tax Credits for Homeschoolers' Educational Expenses (5/98)
- 30. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers' Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/98)
- 31. High Schools' Mock Trial Involving a Homeschooler (5/98)
- 32. Graduation Test (5/99)
- 33. Legislation That Undermines Homeschooling Freedoms (5/99)
- 34. Laws designed to prevent certain families from homeschooling (5/00)
- 35. Survey Research on Homeschooling (5/00)
- 36. Standardized Testing Required by the Federal or State Government (5/01)
- 37. Homeschools Defined by Law as One Family Unit (5/01)
- 38. Public E-Schools (5/02)
- 39. Government Imposed Immunizations (5/02)
- 40. Education Vouchers, Educational Investment Accounts, and Tax Credits and Deductions for Education (5/03)
- 41. Maintaining the Distinction Between Public Schools and Homeschools (and Other Private Schools) (5/03)
- 42. The Media and Homeschooling (5/04)
- 43. Student Identification Database Systems (5/04)
- 44. Mental Health Screening (5/05)
- 45. No Child Left Behind (5/05)
- 46. History of Homeschooling in Wisconsin (5/06)
- 47. Institutionalizing Young Children (5/07)
- 48. Maintaining the Basic Principles of Homeschooling (5/08)
- 49. Importance of Parents to Children’s Development and Learning and a Family’s Well Being (5/09)
- 50. Prevent Further Erosion of the Role of Parents in Children’s Early Years (5/10)
- 51. New Kindergarten Statute and Homeschooling (5/11)
- 52. Encouraging Homeschoolers to File Form PI-1206 Online in Accordance With the Law (5/12)
- 53. Common Core State Standards in Education (5/13)
- 54. Maintain the Distinction Between Homeschooling and Public Virtual Charter Schools (5/14)
- 55. Maintain Parental Rights in Education by Refusing to Sign Public School Withdrawal Forms (5/15)
- 56. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/15)
- 57. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers’ Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/15)
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WHPA
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Madison, WI 53701
06. Teacher Certification of Home Schooling Parents (4/89)
Whereas numerous studies from the past 25 years fail to show that teacher training, certification, or advanced degrees for teachers result in student achievement; and
Whereas the wisdom of certifying public school teachers is being questioned (the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy has recommended abolishing undergraduate departments and schools of teacher education) and several states have waived or are considering waiving public school teacher certification requirements; and
Whereas private schools in Wisconsin are not required to employ certified teachers; and
Whereas the number of states requiring certification of home schooling parents has been reduced through court cases and legislation to, in effect, only one state; and
Whereas the single variable that consistently correlates positively with student achievement is family background and parental participation in education;
Be it resolved by members of the Wisconsin Parents Association (WPA) that WPA opposes requiring certification of home-based private educational program parents as teachers and will work to prevent it from being mandated. 4/89