Why Are Tech People Suddenly So Into Homeschooling?
14th November 2025
The tactical arguments for and against homeschooling all cancel each other out.
Pro-homeschooling: At school, you’re in danger of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
Anti-homeschooling: Statistically, you’re in greater danger of all those things at home. And the risk gets bigger if you eliminate outside influences that might notice when something’s wrong.
Pro-homeschooling: Kids learn faster one-on-one; Bloom’s 2-sigma problem is undefeated.
Anti-homeschooling: Kids with learning disabilities and neurodivergence can fall through the cracks without professional involvement. Also, it’s really hard to teach your kids everything they need to know, consistently, year after year, all by yourself. And really, really expensive.
Pro-homeschooling: We homeschooled a family of seven on one income of $25k.
Anti-homeschooling: Homeschoolers don’t get enough social interaction.2
Pro-homeschooling: Yes we do.
None of the arguments convince anyone. Homeschooling remains what it was in the creationism-and-spelling-bee days: an ideological choice.
So why’s it becoming so fashionable?