If you oppose compulsory K12 schooling, are there any arguments in favor of it that you take seriously enough to think they're worth refuting? If you support it, what arguments in its favor convince you? I'm writing against it and need additional respectable opposition to argue against.

I'm asking in good faith and looking for citations rather than debates, so boosts appreciated.

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Deschooling. It's a big step that many home educators miss when they start out and it is so important I always harp on it.

Deschooling is giving yourself permission to take the time to adjust to learning at home. It is letting go of what you think things have to look like and then figuring out how you want to do things. Getting comfortable just being at home with your family and building from there.

Info here: https://www.floridaunschoolers.net/deschooling

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Free learning! #Homeschool #unschooling #deschooling

I’ve been #homeschooling 8 years… it’s been a journey. The freedom it gives is well worth it. #deschooling myself is a process, much like my #parenting journey. Dysfunctional childhood unlearning is ongoing. My kids being the age they are is whole new thing. Every time I get things going well, the kids change and different set of problems arise. Change is the only constant.

Reading now. #books #reading #education #philosophy #deschooling

I just found this amazing book in a free pile, Theater In My Head: How children learn through dramatic play. The story of an extraordinary theater workshop by Dan Cheifetz (1971, Little Brown).

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I started listening to Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society on audiobook (on YouTube), but it is such a banger that I ordered it in hard copy so I can highlight passages. I'll share my faves with you here when the book arrives.
https://youtu.be/_jrjyemvzZg
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