“And please don’t complain to me that the public schools have not done the studies either. Given the length of time that home schooling has been going on there should be dozens of studies.”
Of course there SHOULD be dozens of studies on home schooling, just as there should have been dozens of studies on Saxon Math (the main reason home schoolers run circles around the rest of the field).
But the BOTTOM LINE is that studies cost money and for an study to be considered unbiased, it must be paid for by a neutral party. Well, in the case of Saxon Math, the people with the deep pockets knew EXACTLY what the results would be...so they never paid for a study - no matter how much John Saxon begged them. Likewise for home schooling, Big Education knows EXACTLY what the results would be (i.e., there’s a reason that home schoolers nearly always win spelling bees and other competitions)...so why would they ever pay for a study?
We’re used to that treatment...but our results speak for themselves - there is no debate - that was settled at least a decade ago.
Indeed....There should be dozens of studies by now, but there aren't. And...Likely the reason they haven't been done is that homeschoolers would blindingly outshine the socialist-entitlement institutionalized children.
Also...NEVER done by the education socialist-entitlement establishment is the effect of **afterschooling** and **preschooling** done by the parents, the child doing homework and projects, and paid and unpaid tutoring. If they did do these studies it would likely show that government schools teach nothing ( really I am serious) and it is the parents, child, and tutors who are doing all the real work IN THE HOME!
If these studies were ever done we would learn that the only thing government schools do is send home a very expensive curriculum for the parents to following in the home.