So you think all those children with one parent who is functionally illiterate could learn better from that parent than at a competent school? The fact is the numbers of home-schooled children is only at about 5% or less of the total numbers of school age children. And those parents are highly motivated. Good for them. As I keep repeating, I’m not against home schooling. I’m just saying you’re never going to get a sizable percentage of parents who will be able to home school their children.
“So you think all those children with one parent who is functionally illiterate could learn better from that parent than at a competent school?”
If we're talking about a single head of household, without a spouse who is not illiterate, sure, such a child might learn more in a decent school. Or not. But you're searching for hens’ teeth. Children of illiterate single heads of household rarely get to go to good public schools. They would generally be better off, or at least no worse off, being homeschooled than going to the crappy public school to which they are likely assigned.
“The fact is the numbers...”
I didn't say that the numbers of homeschoolers were going to skyrocket. I said that many more families could homeschool than do, that there is no bar in terms of ability for 50% or more of families to homeschool their children. And I said that our country would be much better off if such a percentage did homeschool.
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Wrong. It's only a small percentage of parents who are NOT capable of homeschooling their kids.