Homeschools are better than public schools

In an effort to conduct research of my own on this subject, I have a hard time finding anything relating to my side of the argument. This suggests that very little research is conducted to oppose home-schooling and it is probably because the common belief is that home-schooling is the less ideal option. Thus, only those who support home-schooling have the incentive to conduct research. While it may not be true that home-schooling is less ideal, I will do my best to argue that it is true on many levels. I found the article by the HSLDA to be insightful. However, it hardly does much to counter my core arguments that I originally made. Further analysis of the report made me conclude on this: Although studies show that home-schooled children display stronger academic achievement on many levels, we must put into play the question of who these people being home-schooled are. How realistic is it to make the general statement that home-schooling is the better option (for everyone)? The article even made the point that there is a slight relationship between income and quality of homeschooling. To get an idea of the factors that come into play of a said generalized statement, we imagine these scenarios: Income Income is likely by far the most influential factor that has an effect. A family where both parents must work in order to support their families have little to no incentive to home-school their children. And therefore home-schooling is by no means the better option. It is reasonable to assume that many parents who would rather home-school their children have little to no economic incentive to do so. Studies show: The more wealthy the family, the better the quality of education. This relationship is no different of a child from a wealthy family who attends public schools, it exists in both cases. Time This relates to income almost symmetrically. The economic incentives to home-school a child becomes increasingly small as income of the parents decrease. Similarly, the incentive becomes increasingly small as the number of weekly hours of labor for the parents increase. Education Levels of Parents This basically speaks for itself. While many children who are home-schooled are taught by their well-qualified parents, one could imagine that most parents in our country are not well-qualified if even slightly qualified at all. So to summarize the idea of what has just been stated, the economic incentive for parents to home-school their children is extremely narrow. Can we conclude that the only reason home-schooled children tend to perform more well is due to the fact that they come from the very rare circumstances where it may indeed be a good decision to home-school them. The vast majority of parents by no means are realistically capable of home-schooling there children. If we take into account that many students who attend school do just fine, the general statement that home-schooling is the better option diminishes. I agree that pure socialization can exist within the lives of students of either form of education. However, I stand by my original four core arguments in that the same types of socialization occur much less frequently and of different nature with students who are home-schooled. I still remain almost entirely biased, which is why I used the example of the three children from my town and why I also stated that I have little to no idea of what it is truly like to be home-schooled. I cannot entirely say which option is better. Truthfully, I believe both are equal in many aspects, also that some aspects are stronger in home-schooling while some are stronger in attending school. But the generalized statement that home-schooling is the better option is far from valid. Many students in this country are failing. To what extent is there reason to believe that they would be doing any better if by some chance their parents had the capacity to home-school them and did so?