Homeschooling overall has the potential to be a very good thing,
   even though there are abuses, so long as there are some
   standards. My mother wanted to homeschool me in the 80s. But at
   the time, only "religious nuts" homeschooled. [that's what she
   was told unfortunately]. She wanted me to be a freethinker, get
   away from crappy school environment. No regrets, but knowing a
   number of people that are being successfully homeschooled today,
   the rise of the Internet (once upon a time it did not exist - it
   sucked) and the growing availability of alternative options for
   schooling other than the public school system, I am a fan. In
   this, as much as I think Bill Nye was a great science guy with
   his show and stuff, I think the homeschooling advocates _are_
   ultimately correct in this case. Standardized education can
   *still* be set with state standards, but allowing for
   alternatives at home - or, in my case, it would've been an
   accelerated educational experience. Do *I* care if a homeschool
   here and there decides to go with creationism over evolution? As
   long as they learn ABOUT evolution properly, ,whether they AGREE
   with it doesn't matter to me. I don't want a monolithic
   one-size-fits-all education system even IF I agree with what its
   teaching. We need the variety.