Home Schools: Show Me the Money. By Suzanne Kearney (11/24/24): kootenaijournal.com/202…

Kearney opens with:

There’s a new school in town. It’s a revolutionary immersion experience where kids of all ages intermingle and learn from adults and fellow students alike.

Class sizes are small; one-on-one instruction takes place daily.

Desks are optional; comfortable couches, thick rugs, and, on nice days, the great outdoors replace the drab tile and carpet-on-concrete monotony of typical schools.

Pets are welcome to sit in for reading or “help” with math.

Snack time is whenever kids are actually hungry, and no bells ring to interrupt the learning process.

Field trips don’t need permission slips, and last as long as students are engaged.

Student/teacher relationships are lifelong and focused on character as well as academics.

Sound expensive? It doesn’t have to be. In fact, costs for this educational program may approach a mere 10% of the current average going rate.

I’m guessing you’re on to me by now. If so, you are correct — I’m talking about home education. 

She then provides examples, linked references, and statistics supporting the significantly lower cost and better test results of home schooling vs. the much higher cost and poor test results of public schooling.

Suggestions:

• Mass exodus from public schools into home education.

• Speak in dollar signs, which public schools understand: Pull your kids out, and ask your friends to do the same.

• Cut off the funding to stop the extortion (result: no need for new building funds, additional administration, or increased bureaucratic bloat).

Results:

• A massive impact on our kids for good.

• A more natural environment at home, more conducive to organic learning.

• Consistently higher test scores.

Related:

• RESEARCH FACTS ON HOMESCHOOLING. By Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. (05/29/24): nheri.org/research-fact…

• Umbrellas, Community Schools, United Way & School Board Meetings. By Big E Substack (updated as needed):