Homeschooling hits record numbers

I don't feel better prepared to teach at home than someone who actually went to college for the various topics covered in high school. How can I know all I need to teach about math, chemistry, english, physics, etc, etc, etc when I already have to learn so much for my own work? I think parents that think they can do a better job are delusional.

Maybe the school _environment_ that a child has access isn't great, right? But I don't think that says anything about teachers.

In California, a teacher without a chemistry degree can teach high school chemistry after passing the CSET Chemistry subtest. This requires less depth of knowledge than AP Chemistry.

You do not need to know anything about the subject to teach high school subjects. You need to know stuff about teaching.

At school, one teacher lectures to maybe 30 students. If all they did was give individual attention student by student, each would get maybe 10 minutes a day.

The first 10 minutes of your home-school day you've beat that statistic. After two or three hours, you're up to a month of class time.

Of course they don't do that; they just lecture. Which is something you can get online (Khan Academy).

It's all about the homework and tutoring, baby.

All you have to do is learn along with your home student, and validate their learning experience. Helps if you catch on quicker, but not even necessary.

Elementary Education and Pedagogy are "sciences" with an even poorer replication rate than Sociology and Psychology.

Nobody educated to teach is actually qualified to do so by virtue of said education. Teaching is largely a personality-driven and experience-acquired skill.