Reply #151: but many parents have opted for home or open, alternative schooling [View All]

[tigereye]

since they do not like the idea of the state deciding these matters. A neighbor of mine uses a charter school curriculum to home school and she seems to do an excellent job. Her kids are well beyond age and grade norms.

Bureaucratic regulation turns off many parents, and the desire for different options is what drives this. Although I think NCLB was theoretically a good concept, it has caused many parents to dislike public schools even more.


I say this as someone who has spent a great deal of time in public schools, was educated in both private and public school settings, and who knows many public school teachers. I chose to send my child to an alternative, progressive private school, since I felt that he deserved the kindest, gentlest and most supportive educational option that I could afford.