Yesterday I gave six reasons why parents should consider homeschooling, or at least getting their children and teens out of the public school system.

But for most people, this doesn’t seem possible. If you and your spouse both work or you’re a single parent, you simply cannot stay home and teach the kids. Or perhaps you don’t feel qualified to teach them.

Private school is expensive and doesn’t actually solve all the problems with standard schooling models.

Usually, homeschool conjures images of children sitting around a table, doing schoolwork, as if transported from public school to a home environment. Maybe they are wearing Amish-style clothing and referring to their parents as Ma and Pa.

Let’s leave that image behind.

The entire point of removing your offspring from public schools is to benefit them.