"That's fundamentally an issue with homeschooling. There's nobody to say "hey, we have a problem here" when Sally can't read, or Johnny doesn't understand geome

"That's fundamentally an issue with homeschooling. There's nobody to say "hey, we have a problem here" when Sally can't read, or Johnny doesn't understand geometry because Khan academy isn't working and mom can't explain it." Three things: 1. There are lots of private options for this, at least in any major metro. 2. From my experience with homeschoolers, the sheer amount of parent attention they tend to get lends itself towards figuring these things out (especially with help from a homeschooling community or the aforementioned private options). 3. From my experience as a public school teacher, most of the kids who needed services didn't get them, and I saw very few situations where the services seemed to make a significant difference (though there were some). I've seen more success stories around learning disabilities from homeschoolers than I have from kids at public schools (and in fact often the learning disability was a key impetus for the switch to homeschool). So the question is, "compared to what?" Kids with strong parent advocates are likely to get what they need in whatever environment they're in. Kids without them aren't likely to, but there's selection bias against that in homeschool. Yes, one can have a great result with public school, and sometimes that's the right call for a family, but after my stint in the public schools I'm much more confident in a well-meaning parent figuring out the solution with a kid they spend lots of time with than I am in that same parent spending much less time with the kid and rolling the dice with public school specialists and support services.