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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/baltimore-student-passes-3-classes-in-four-years-ranks-near-top-half-of-class-with-013-g

"A shocking discovery came out of a Baltimore high school, where hundreds of students are failing. It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average."

How's that "oversight" and "consequences" working out?

And homeschoolers have to have their children tested yearly for progress (perhaps not under the religious categorization).  The consequence for not meeting standards more than one year is that you have to put them in school.  Which would be a great improvement if you lived in Baltimore.[/quote]

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