A great school teacher can play a pivotal role in a child’s life, inspiring someone to love a body of knowledge and pursue a career in science, the arts, journalism, or anther field. But no good teacher would deny the vital importance of parental involvement. Sure, my high school writing teacher spurred me to write my first serious paper, but my mom taught me to read and set me on the path to literacy.
Since my family made the conscious decision to homeschool in the Fall of 2019—coincidentally, just before the pandemic—we have learned that our child can excel academically without the help of a school-based teacher. Children can do without school teachers, especially at younger ages, and often do better. To succeed academically and more broadly, generally they cannot do without involved parents (and I mean the term broadly to encompass guardians), a child’s most important teachers.
See the full article by Ari Armstrong, September 20, 2022