[WoodEye]

That’s a pretty wide range of outcomes but is it materially different than what happens to kids in average public schools? There are also factors like social class and resources that make judging outcomes pretty tough. Most people that homeschool kids due to religion aren’t going to be well off.

[deepsquirrelnet]

Yeah, I guess I think it’s not a matter of public school vs homeschool that’s really important. I think it just matters that someone is encouraging a kid’s education and development. It could be a parent or a teacher.

What saddens me is that some kids I grew up with were deprived of that in their homeschools. They almost certainly would have done better in public schools than at home. Not that public schools are better than homeschooling, but they are better than neglect.