Five of my nieces and nephews are homeschooled....and they are way ahead of their grade counterparts at any public or private school.
I should note, that, they are taught by college-educated parents....although many of their fellow HS parents do quite well w their kids without any college.
One of my nieces decided to try a public high school for the start of her senior season. It drove her nuts....they were way behind on subject matter in advanced classes (this was a HS in a more-affluent area of Orlando)...and couldnt find her a desk to sit at in some of the classes. Needless to say, she returned to homeschool.
I am sure there are some homeschoolers who are substandard...but overall homeschool kids are way ahead of the public and private school kids.
Oh, and someone beat me to it already....the recent Heisman winner was homeschooled
Sure, but I'd put the numbers up against the failure rate in public schools any day.
Typical of liberalism, though - they find one blemish on something they don't like, and get the gov't to outlaw it for everyone, ie, someone craps their drawers and a law is passed decreeing everyone must wear diapers.