The people that know I was homeschooled have have been asking me what I think of the recent ruling concerning homeschooling in California. My opinion comes down to this: In the long term, this ruling is meaningless.

The ruling might have made a meaningful negative impact on homeschooling a few decades ago, when it was still an unproven educational system. But that time is now long gone.

The elephant in the room here is that California's public education system is fabulously broken beyond repair.

It's actually pretty sad. In theory a public school should be able to provide a superior education. They should have experienced trained teachers on staff and presumably have the money to purchase expensive equipment for sports, science, arts and music programs, etc.

Yet, for the last couple of decades, "uncredentialed" parents have been providing their children with an educational experience that is far superior to what our public school system has to offer.

I'm looking forward to watching how this all pans out.