If I was starting a family today, I'd homeschool in a heartbeat. Now, I'm working on my kids and planting that idea into their heads. The schools around here are degenerating fast. Within the past 5 years or so, right before my youngest finished high school. She'd talk about lesbos kissing in the halls, fights and such. They had police drug dogs do lockers checks, and we're in a small town of about 25k. I can't imagine what Manhattan is like (or is that Kansas?)
Sorry to vanish on you. No, it's Manhattan NYC, and parents with their kids in the system, from what I can tell, just give up and don't notice most of what's going on as sort of a buffering instinct to keep them sane, or at least feeling okay about themselves.
Glad to hear things are strong in Wisconsin, I grew up in Madison.
I find this an encouraging article especially the part about the $750 million industry. Makes me confident the resources I need will be there. Who knows, since I do music and movement work with children, maybe I'll try to market something based on my experience to "give back".