” Any reputable ‘home schooling’ parent, would be proud to show evidence of competence, dedication, good instruction and well adjusted, happy children. An annual check up should be required - for the sake of ensuring educated offspring in the challenging world they will face as adults.”
What is wrong with you? What you are describing is a Nazi system which demonizes a large population of caring parents to supposedly safeguard the random aberrations which can never ever be safeguarded. Do you advocate the same thing for all public schools for a single instances of their failures? I doubt it.
Public School has an abysmal failure rate. Drop outs, inability to read /write or do Math at anything close to grade level. The Public School system is failing its students all across the country and doesnt even come close to “ ensuring educated offspring in the challenging world they will face as adults.” Where is your venom for that tragedy?
I have no venom - just observations and suggestions for improving what is clearly broken - our education resources.
Schools and parenting -the combined effort to raise & educate our children in a caring, civilized society.
Attend school board meetings, meet your children’s teachers and be involved. Public or private schools depend on good, dedicated staff and involved parents.