Should Homeschooling Be Banned?

[Reluctant Republican]

I was homeschooled for one year and think it worked for me. The school I went to before was horrid, and I was harassed pretty much every day by a few students. It escalated in 7th grade into sexual harassment and assault. Even after all of this, the school was content on giving the kids slaps on the wrists with no real consequences. Since the bullying had been going on for years without relief, my family decided to withdraw me in the last year of middle school. And since the other options around me were either religious in nature, very expensive, or just in general not having a good reputation, we decided on homeschooling.

In most ways I found it seemed exactly like normal school. My mom worked with one of my old teachers on a lesson plan for me, and  so I feel like I received pretty much the same education I would have in a more traditional setting. And IIRC she was required to submit a copy of the lesson plan to the board of education, so everything was above board on that front.

I'd probably support anyone being homeschooled meeting with a local teacher a few times a year to test that they're performing at an adequate rate, but so long as measures are in place, I'm confident it can be an effective option for education. It's definitely not a good idea for everyone and has challenges of its own, but I don't find it to be an inherently bad idea.