[Our man in washington]

Now that isn't a bad idea...however, it has been my experience that homeschooling parents have the hubris to believe they can really do it all and their arrogance wouldn't allow someone more qualified to touch their kids' brains--(consequently, when we teachers get their children back they are unprepared and over challenged).

Then why does every study show that homeschoolers do so much better on standardized tests (on average) than their peers in public school?

[meandog]

Then why does every study show that homeschoolers do so much better on standardized tests (on average) than their peers in public school?

They don't if the comparison sample is correctly done.