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Exactly—one anecdote about homeschooling doesn’t apply generally. In the US, the average homeschooled kid is likely to be raised in a very religious family with
by jonstewart 6y ago
Exactly—one anecdote about homeschooling doesn’t apply generally. In the US, the average homeschooled kid is likely to be raised in a very religious family with little to no science education.
- GuiA 6y agoEven then, it's an uneven distribution. Homeschooled in Montana? Probably. Homeschooled in the Bay Area? Probably not.
- ksdale 6y agoThe fact that homeschoolers in the US are likely to be religious also tells you nothing about homeschooling if done by someone who's not particularly religious and cares about science.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoAbsent the religiosity, the same can be said for the average public schooled kid.
- lliamander 6y agoThere are statistics out there about the academic performance of homeschoolers, and all the evidence out there shows that they have better academic performance than public school kids.