[danman114]

I think the main problem might be that, ok, while there are possibly a lot of people who would try their best to give their kids an education, there’d probably also be a big percentage of people who wouldn’t bother at all.

So basically the kids would have no chances to learn, socialize and compete at all.

So

a) of course schools should be good and safe, but

b) people who homeschool should imho show that they put in the effort required to provide for a good education at least in some sense.

Otherwise some kids would live in squalor and would have no way out. I always thought that was the original motivation for general school duty, all cynicism about the actual implementation and its weaknesses aside.

[tourmalinetaco]

So give homeschool children state-sponsored tests, and if they are falling behind then you have an argument for forcing other schooling.

The default should not be “you have no rights as a parent”, as it is in multiple countries.