I have to include parents for if there is one thing I agree with classroom teachers on, is that parents need to get involved and behind their children's education.
Why is home schooling successful? Because parents take personal responsibility for their children's education.
But it must be education without a liberal agenda. If parents want to challenge teachers for busting Bush in class or having a "Murder Assignment," I'm sorry, we need "charges" then.
I also love posts like yours.
Other than providing a good home life, time and space to get homework done, and making sure the kids get to school on time and prepared, there is nothing the parent has control over for the 7 hours the kids are at school. Parents have no rights in the buildings, over the teachers, or the curriculum. Teachers do as they wish, the administration supports the teachers and hides problems, and parental input is not sought on the decision-making process in purchasing or reviewing curriculum. If the parent complains too much, the kid is referred for special ed.
The reason homeschool parents do so well is that they have TOTAL CONTROL over all aspects of their kids education, including curriculum.
Are there good teachers ? Yes of course there are; they are just totally minimized by schlock curriculum and idiotic classroom practices.