Oprah's Essay contest excludes Homeschoolers

Should we give her the benefit of the doubt by considering she's not aware of the homeschool movement or chide her for excluding homeschooled students' eligibility in her essay contest?

Hmmmmm...I think I'm coming down on the chiding side. Who could be oblivious to a movement that is growing exponentially with glowing results (much to the chagrin of unionized educrats across the fruited plain who run our schools)? Could it be that Oprah might be a little too politically correct to recognize the success of the homeschool phenomenon?

Why not let the homeschoolers compete with the rest of them. What does the education establishment have to lose?

UPDATE: Scott W. Somerville, over at his blog, Somerschool updates this situation. It's good news for homeschoolers...sort of.