America's education system is failing simple as that, the numbers show it and it's trending down instead of up in all academic categories.
Anecdotally my spouse whom is a Teacher often has to deal with kids in middle and high school levels who can barely read or do basic math/logic (but have strong influenced opinions on social issues that lean heavily left - just the fact don't get mad. I only mention this to show where the effort lies in teaching our children). Homeschooling is simply a way to try and mitigate putting ones child in an environment that is not accomplishing it's main task which is teach mandatory subjects to an average and hopefully excellent level.
If they would focus on academics instead of politics and ideologies (outside of elective courses that specifically teach these subjects) I think most people would still consider Public Schools in general but until they solve that, these issues will be solved by parents in many different avenues home schooling is just one of them and there will be more that will be tried.
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