Because teachers aren't helping enough. Because parents want kids to have the chance to follow their own interests. To reclaim family closeness. To avoid the problems of drugs, alcohol, sex, and violence. They've declared their independence and are taking matters into their own hands.
Home schooling compresses all that into a single setting that can be very difficult for kids.
The Newsweek report does not neglect the opinions and findings of home schooling parents, and gives ample coverage to those who have had good experiences and those who have had bad. It is interesting to note that the report uses many highlighted boxes, each containing a quote of a home-schooling parent or child, none of them negative, each of them a positive confirmation of the worth of homeschooling. Hanna already tests beyond high-school levels. Calif. Fearing that Evan9, Justin7, and Adam 11. I don't do it at all.