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[–]mvmlego 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder, if they ban homeschooling, will they go any lengths to make school more tolerable and less stressful for children?

The two-bit economist in me says "no". If competitors (i.e. alternatives to public school) are stifled, then there's a much weaker incentive for the remaining provider to improve.

I agree that bad homeschooling can lead to many problems for the homeschooled child, great or small. I really don't know how to address this issue. Conceivably, private schools could provide an alternative to the potential incompetence or indoctrination of both public schools and homeshooling.

Unfortunately, due to the cost of private schools, the only way that most parents would be able to afford that is with vouchers or some other sort of subsidy. Of course, if the government is cracking down on homeschooling, then it would probably have no qualms about attaching strings that make the private schools as bad as the public schools. It really is a mess.