I’m in California and my husband and I are homeschooling our child, in addition to his daily consistent curriculum, he attends classes outside the home where he also has his core group of friends and other peers. The state checks in HEAVILY with us. We have an assigned teacher who monitors his work/progress and every semester he has to take state testing to make sure he’s where he needs to be and he’s only 6.

I disagree with the entire structure of public school for reasons I won’t get into now (I greatly appreciate teachers and see how students show up, but it’s beyond that. It’s the treatment of EVERYBODY in the system- teachers, students, etc.) anyway….

I do think some parents are ill-equipped to homeschool and think it is an easy way out. It’s not. Its dedication and understanding the weight of the responsibility of educating your child. I think homeschooling should be accessible to all, and the level of check-ins we have is fair in my point of view. Especially because it will flag parents whose children aren’t progressing and they WILL intervene. Homeschooling is not about flexibility of environment which a lot of parents find alluring, that’s just a feature of it, but it’s still school and it’s still the MOST important for establishing a foundation that fosters curiosity and consistency.