Ask HN: Do you homeschool?

Our middle-schooler is currently at a private school that we loved when we enrolled him. However in recent years it's gotten steadily worse, primarily due to high leadership turnover and faculty/leadership conflict.

We're thinking about homeschooling him for the remainder of grade school and then re-enrolling him into the traditional school system once he reaches high school. We're concerned however that we may not have the patience or pedagogical experience to effectively teach him.

Does anyone else have experience trying to homeschool? Success / failure stories, or best practices?

We moved overseas (military) and our son wasn't going to be able to keep up with his state-side peers so we homeschooled him through Oak Meadows, with my mom, a recently retired math prof, handling his math education. Oak Meadows was solid. An actual teacher reviewed work and tests with him. This was in a remote outpost many timezones from the US, before the pandemic. 10/10 would do it again. But we also shopped really hard, like, for years.

My general experience with private schools is similar to yours: drama. So much drama.

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Our case is different because our kid is only 6, but homeschooling for us has been great, and fits our lifestyle. Besides his regular academic activities at home he has outside classes every day of the week where he gets to socialize with other kids, art, sports, etc. There are even groups of other homeschooling parents that get together. It's a learning process of course, but what isn't?

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