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You're not arguing with me, or the people upthread then. Here's my case: Public school is a critically important piece of social infrastructure that should be

• gregjor 6y ago
  Education should be available to everyone, agreed. Public school is compulsory, and not necessarily about providing an education. Whether everyone is entitled to free/subsidized daycare that may also throw off some education is open to debate. To me the important point is to untangle formal compulsory public schools from education, because although they overlap somewhat they aren’t the same thing. I think parents should have the right to homeschool or unschool their kids as long as they aren’t endangering their children. Personally I think homeschooling to enforce religious indoctrination is close to abuse, but I’m reluctant to force parents away from that. The majority of homeschoolers in the USA are religious homeschoolers. They also fight the legal battles for homeschooler rights, which us secular homeschoolers benefit from. The state is reluctant to give up control of our children, as every homeschooling parent knows. And that has nothing to do with education no matter how it gets presented. I know that homeschooling and unschooling are impractical for many parents, which is regrettable, because they only have the option of putting their kids in school and hoping for the best. Parents who have the time, patience, and interest in getting the most out of public schools — those whom teachers call “engaged” parents — could probably dispense with school altogether.