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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by petertodd on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:35AM (#24833958)
> That sounds good in theory but research seems to suggest that homeschoolers overwhelmingly perform better on every single metric.

Being homeschooled and unschooled myself, I got to see that first hand in other families. But I don't think it actually means that homeschooling/unschooling is universally better: plenty of people try it, find it doesn't work for them, and quit.

My best guess is it increases the variance of results more than the average, with some kids doing very well on it, and some very poorly. While that's good for society, it doesn't mean one can entirely replace the other.

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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by jacinda on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:46AM (#24834516)
> plenty of people try it, find it doesn't work for them, and quit.

This seems like it would lend itself to selection bias - only people for whom homeschooling is a good fit continue to pursue it.

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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by petertodd on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:51AM (#24834546)
Exactly my point!

Homeschooling/unschooling very likely works well for some (I think it worked well for me). But that doesn't mean it would work well on average.

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