The evident downvotes on your comment were really unfair, as what you report squares with my experience (it is part of my motivation for homeschooling) and anyw

The evident downvotes on your comment were really unfair, as what you report squares with my experience (it is part of my motivation for homeschooling) and anyway is reported in all of the better research literature on school effectiveness in the United States. Yes, parents have to take responsibility for their children's educations, period, whether or not their children attend school.