Kim Murdoch made valid points in her MY TURN piece, "Homeschooler's Don't Need More Regulation".

Our children are not home schooled and in fact we are extremely pleased with the public education they receive in our local school. However, people home school for many reasons: religion, social teachings, health issues, hardship, convenience and quite honestly a feeling that their public school is just not a great environment for their children. In some cases that may be true.