11% of U.S. Children now homeschooled

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Anonymous wrote:My sister homeschooled her kids. This basically meant she taught them things when it struck her fancy which wasn't often. Her 17 year old could read books my 6 year old had mastered.

This is not homeschooling. This is…idk what it is, but my kids are homeschooled and they work harder now than they ever did in public school. We are Covid homeschoolers and they will go back, but they will be light years ahead of their peers (and we periodically assess this with standardized testing). I’m not sure if your sister’s kids had some special needs, but I don’t think your sister represents the majority of homeschoolers.

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Anonymous wrote:Well that's terrifying. We're going to have a nation of illiterate morons.

The majority of homeschooling families that I know are very thoughtful and intentional in the schooling of their children. Yes, I’ve seen a bad homeschooling result too, but the majority of the time I’ve seen it, it’s been done well.

Exactly. Homeschoolers that go to college do well on entrance exams and have a higher graduation rate.

Those that go to college. Many don't

I know it will surprise you to learn that many public school students don’t go to college.

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Anonymous wrote:We homeschool. It has ups and downs. It’s not impossible for working parents but it’s hard. It doesn’t require you to be an expert but you’ve got to be motivated and organized. It’s not for everyone. Social opportunities are different and work really well for some families and less well for others. But i will say educationally, most homeschoolers I know in the DMV are secular, smart, and are producing a much better education for their kids than schools are/were. Our kids leaped ahead a few grades when we pulled them. We may send them back for high school (and are willing to let them go back anytime they would want to - both of ours prefer this to school). We have also done coops, which are truly fabulous for the elementary school years.

Just FYI - secular = smart. Religious people can be smart also.

True. But religious homeschoolers are the only ones teaching creationism and other nonsenses as science. It’s often religious communities that support banning books. Teaching evolution and letting kids have access to the library just isn’t an issue with secular homeschoolers in the same that it is with religious homeschoolers.

That’s reality.

You do understand that evolution is still a theory right? And what difference does evolution vs creation make in the vast majority of careers anyway? I dont know of a single homeschooler who wants to ban books. In fact, most are pro- textbook and physical book vs the internet and ebooks of mass education.

Wheeeeew. Someone needed a real science class.

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Anonymous wrote:Trust the government to educate your children, they can always do it better.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/several-baltimore-schools-report-0-students-proficient-in-math-reading/443155/

Six Baltimore City schools — five high schools and one middle school — were found to have not a single student who scored proficient in math or reading in 2016, Fox45 News reports.
One student interviewed by the station said he believes students aren't passing the state assessments because the material on the tests is not covered in class.
Data shows that despite maintaining one of the country's highest per-pupil spending levels, a recent study out of Harvard University found Baltimore to have the lowest rate of mobility out of poverty in the country, a statistic tied directly to education as much as it is economic opportunity.
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Not to mention, no one homeschooled was ever smart, much less learned to read.

Surely a parent can't even be expected to teach their 5-7 year old to read.

My issue with homeschooling is that when the students or schools are failing it's not a big secret there are mechanisms in place to track school performance and student performance.

Parents on the other hand can let their children play Minecraft all day and call it unschooling and there's no oversight or consequences.

Uh, actually, parents bare the consequence of having an uneducated, unemployable child because they never move out. Do you actually think that public school employees care more about your child than you do?

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Anonymous wrote:Trust the government to educate your children, they can always do it better.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/several-baltimore-schools-report-0-students-proficient-in-math-reading/443155/

Six Baltimore City schools — five high schools and one middle school — were found to have not a single student who scored proficient in math or reading in 2016, Fox45 News reports.
One student interviewed by the station said he believes students aren't passing the state assessments because the material on the tests is not covered in class.
Data shows that despite maintaining one of the country's highest per-pupil spending levels, a recent study out of Harvard University found Baltimore to have the lowest rate of mobility out of poverty in the country, a statistic tied directly to education as much as it is economic opportunity.
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Not to mention, no one homeschooled was ever smart, much less learned to read.

Surely a parent can't even be expected to teach their 5-7 year old to read.

My issue with homeschooling is that when the students or schools are failing it's not a big secret there are mechanisms in place to track school performance and student performance.

Parents on the other hand can let their children play Minecraft all day and call it unschooling and there's no oversight or consequences.

Uh, actually, parents bare the consequence of having an uneducated, unemployable child because they never move out. Do you actually think that public school employees care more about your child than you do?

I care about my students. Until a certain extent. My children come before. I think that’s a no brainer.

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Homeschooling is such a diverse group that almost no generalities can be drawn. There are so many different reasons for homeschooling.
I do wonder how many of the “new” homeschoolers are folks telling their job that they are teleworkers. Or are people laid off during the pandemic who will return to schools when they find new employment.