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If we are attributing these results to the the mass homeschooling experiment that was remote learning, what does that say about regular homeschooling that is st

If we are attributing these results to the the mass homeschooling experiment that was remote learning, what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced?

derstander 2y ago
> If we are attributing these results to the the mass homeschooling experiment that was remote learning, what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced? Probably not much? It seems pretty reasonable to expect that people that self-select to homeschool their children are going to diverge from the general population (I.e., people en masse that had no desire nor means to do it). The story’s probably much the same for people working from home. People that sought it out and had established routines before the pandemic probably handled it a heck of a lot better than the general population that was forced into it with little to no prep time and a lack of equipment and support.
- w1 2y ago
  >> people that self-select to homeschool their children are going to diverge from the general population Yes, but not necessarily in a way that is correlated with higher educational performance for their children.
  - Asraelite 2y ago
    True, but it's not necessarily not correlated either. So the answer to the question > what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced? is still "not much".
w1 2y ago
speaking from the sample size of all the other kids i knew in homeschooling groups, the modal outcome (for my 90s / early aughts cohort) is bad.
EForEndeavour 2y ago
I would say not much, given regular homeschooling is an intentional choice that self-selects families willing to put in the research and effort to homeschool.
- apothegm 2y ago
  It self-selects some of those families. It also self-selects a lot of families who are paranoid about secular education or fail to understand the value of education at all or of having teachers who know their subjects well and are trained in educational theory and teaching methods. Probably the homeschoolers on this site largely fall into the former category. The stories you hear from a broader cross section online of home-schooled kids skew heavily toward the latter.
- nunez 2y ago
  As well as families that disagree with the politics and curriculum their public schools practice...

If we are attributing these results to the the mass homeschooling experiment that was remote learning, what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced?

derstander 2y ago

> If we are attributing these results to the the mass homeschooling experiment that was remote learning, what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced? Probably not much? It seems pretty reasonable to expect that people that self-select to homeschool their children are going to diverge from the general population (I.e., people en masse that had no desire nor means to do it). The story’s probably much the same for people working from home. People that sought it out and had established routines before the pandemic probably handled it a heck of a lot better than the general population that was forced into it with little to no prep time and a lack of equipment and support.

w1 2y ago
>> people that self-select to homeschool their children are going to diverge from the general population Yes, but not necessarily in a way that is correlated with higher educational performance for their children.
- Asraelite 2y ago
  True, but it's not necessarily not correlated either. So the answer to the question > what does that say about regular homeschooling that is still practiced? is still "not much".

w1 2y ago

speaking from the sample size of all the other kids i knew in homeschooling groups, the modal outcome (for my 90s / early aughts cohort) is bad.

EForEndeavour 2y ago

I would say not much, given regular homeschooling is an intentional choice that self-selects families willing to put in the research and effort to homeschool.

apothegm 2y ago
It self-selects some of those families. It also self-selects a lot of families who are paranoid about secular education or fail to understand the value of education at all or of having teachers who know their subjects well and are trained in educational theory and teaching methods. Probably the homeschoolers on this site largely fall into the former category. The stories you hear from a broader cross section online of home-schooled kids skew heavily toward the latter.
nunez 2y ago
As well as families that disagree with the politics and curriculum their public schools practice...