Santorum bashes public schools, says they're stuck in factory era

[SheilaT]

73. Most presidents homeschooled their children in the White House?

Really?

First off, most presidents didn't have school age children while in the White House. The ones I know of in the past fifty years sent their kids to school outside the WH. Caroline Kennedy had pre-school and kindergarten in the WH, if I recall correctly, but they were run by some kind of professional teachers. Mrs. Kennedy certainly didn't spend her time doing it.

If the k-12 education in this country is so terrible, how come anyone gets into any college any more? Or why aren't the best colleges in this country inhabited almost only by foreign students? How does any public school student ever get into any decent secondary school?

Personally, I think that considering home schooling isn't such a bad idea. Not because very many people could or should do it, but because by thinking about it you'll think really hard about what you want your kid to get out of regular (public, private, parochial) school.