Quote:I think you hit the nail on the head, kids failing in school is more on parents not doing thier part I agree 100%.

 

However I think you're assuming it's wealthy people that are homeschooling kids mostly, In my experience ( I was home schooled for 2 years) that's not the case. We're not an overly wealthy family but we plan on homeschooling our kids at some point down the road. I think you'll find that kids who are home schooled are more involved that's why there's  better success rate with home schooled children. But regardless studies have shown for YEARS kids that are home schooled do better then their peers hands down. I think that has to do with the level of one on one attention a kid gets and the involvement of the parents that are homeschooling. 

 

Your wife sounds like a wonderful teacher and her students are lucky to have a teacher like that. I had a teacher that sounds like your wife she literally changed my life. To me teaching is one of the most noble careers out there. 

I do know that the limited number of home schooled kids were not wealthy...the 3 I personally know lived in Middleburg and didn't have much...Their parents wanted to home school the kids because they didn't believe the public school system taught them well enough...I know of 3 more families that were not wealthy that home schooled their kids who lived in Hilliard, and southside and all of them did very well...Of course that's a very limited number considering the total count of home schooled kids

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