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'm not assuming that at all.  I'm saying that most of those studies mainly include wealthy families. Some people can home teach, while others most certainly cannot.  I'm saying that the studies don't include the full range of home schooled students.  If it did, we'd probably see a wider variety of results there.

 

We couldn't home teach, because with 5 kids, there's no way we could afford it.  Especially on a teacher's salary, and a Rental-store manager's salary (and my job is always in danger because Red Box is putting places like us out of business).  (And especially since we live in a high-cost area).  If we tried it, even though we're both very smart people (at least I'd like to think so), our kids would not do as well.  

 

There are a lot of people who homeschool their kids that do terrible jobs at it.  Which just ends up hurting the kids.  That's not to say that homeschooling shouldn't be an option.  I just think that it's certainly not for everyone.  And that our public education system does do a pretty good job.  It needs to do better, but it's not as bad as some people think.  We just need parents to be more involved in their children's education.  It's not hard to go over your children's homework with them.  And if you don't understand, try to contact the teacher

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