Homeschooling

[sanantone]

Parents don't have to be experts in every subject to be successful at homeschooling. They just have to be experts in their own children - how they learn, what workload they can handle, their strengths, their weaknesses, etc. As you said, parents provide the instructional materials for the children, which could even include DVD instructors, outside classes, or tutors. My mother has a degree in engineering and could have taught me physics and pre-calculus, but I was learning independently by then.

But, your assertion is that schools are just expensive babysitters. Instead of using DVDs that ARE one-size-fits-all, we have teachers trained in the subject who can also spend time with the student before or after school. Speaking of individual differences, learning independently is not for every student. Physics and higher level math courses are not easy for everyone to grasp. Additionally, not everyone can afford a tutor. Actually, a lot of people can't afford tutors.