Homeschooling hits record numbers

We have sent our kids to private, poor quality and top rated schools.

We saw a stark difference between the poor quality and higher cost options. No surprise.

But the reason we are considering home schooling our younger kids was surprising. It says something about a system dedicated to teaching children when parents think they can do as well or better.

That’s just education. The social situation in schools is ludicrous. Phones, social media, etc. what a terrible environment we adults have created for kids to learn both educationally and socially.

Home schooling has answers for ALL of that.

As a parent/carer you probably are much more motivated than an underpaid teacher who wanted to do something else anyway, and you don't have to motivate yourself with money.

By extension, IME, motivated and talented teachers in any school (good or bad) can do wonders. There just aren't that many. And as you say, school environment tends to be a race to the bottom - if Johnny can watch Tiktok during maths, I'll do the same.

  Education is expensive and underfunded.

San Francisco's school district has an annual operating budget that equates to $28k per student.

I've heard people in San Francisco say that schools here are underfunded. When I ask them how much we spend per student per year, their guess is usually less than half of the actual amount.

  "Tuition for most (non-religious) competitive private schools in San Francisco is easily twice that amount."

For each of the grades K-12, here is the % of non-religious private schools in San Francisco that charge $56k or more:

   K:  0%
   1:  0%
   2:  0%
   3:  0%
   4:  0%
   5:  0%
   6:  3%
   7:  3%
   8:  3%
   9: 71%
  10: 71%
  11: 71%
  12: 71%