Most home schooled people I have met have excelled in academics and career. There is a massive bias in media backed by the government schools and their unions to discourage school choice and freedom. For many one thing became clear in 2020. Just how uninterested many in government education are in what parents want. Those in power in government schools believe they know better than you do. Now, I know many teachers and I'm not saying it is them but some of them are guilty of this as well. I believe it is mostly higher up in administration.

If your values do not align with those taught in government schools you should do something about that. Opt out for your family's sake. Like most things every gov school isn't as bad as the next one. There are small schools with different values than the large metro schools. But the point is, do you know what your children are being taught? This goes for all schools and curriculum. For the past 20 years I've been learning that so many things I was taught were lies. Or at least lies of omission that distorted my world view. I even went to a private Christian school for High School. Some of these schools just copy the government schools but add Jesus. That's why you should take responsibility. Be active. Reject passivity. Your kids are worth it.

You're 100% right. I've been consistently unimpressed any time I come across anything written or promoted by a faculty of education.

Sadly, it will take generations to root out, given the level of institutional control that academic departments have over their fields of specialization.

So we have to live with this state of things for now. As a consumer of education, you have to be smart. There are good teachers out there, but you have to check carefully by speaking to them and by observing the homework they give, observing their curriculum, etc. Try to visit the classroom if you can.

Don't be impressed by anyone's teaching credential, even if it's from Harvard or Columbia. Those schools are overrun by ideological fools just like every other education department. In fact, some of the silliest ideas are propagated from these departments

I wonder if there's room for a private teacher credentialing service. Unfortunately, the network effects may be too strong for one to really take off. Too many people are still too impressed by traditional institutional credentials, like the aforementioned Harvards and Columbias.

If you can homeschool, you should give it serious consideration. I'm not in a situation where I can, so I have to play the game of trying to figure out who's actually a good teacher and who's not. It's pretty tiring.