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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by Loughla on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:16AM (#38086115)
My experience is the absolute opposite of yours. In all seriousness, there is a trend of homeschooled kids coming to the local large high school for the extracurriculars, and the school offering Autism testing, because they are so far behind socially.

I find it interesting that your experience is the opposite. Where in the world do you live?

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by zaphar on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:29AM (#38086354)
I've lived all over the country. I was homeschooled as well and have a number of friends who were.

Anecdotal evidence is going to vary certainly and effect is highly dependent on the parent. But I've been around homeschooling groups for over 30 years now and the balance of them have been significantly ahead of the public schooled.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by Turing_Machine on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:30AM (#38086374)
> the school offering Autism testing, because they are so far behind socially.

Do you have any published evidence for this?

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