The information provided by Joe Offer was very interesting; I had not heard of Charter schools before.
The use of a mentor and facilities, that would not normally be available in the home, sounds like an excellent idea.

I can appreciate however his comment that their popularity may further diminish the effectiveness of local public education provision. in some kind of downward spiral

In attempting to find out more about this system I discovered that it is subject to strong criticism from some homeschoolers such as Eugene Newman, president of Christian Home Educators of Michigan and father of ten homeschooled children,
on the basis that -

'Public education isn't necessary and it is destructive of our society'
'A home-based charter school will bring the government into the home.'
and
'Home-based charter schools would affirm in a new way the illegitimate role the state plays in education. Dependency, any dependency on state programs, in any area, will always be at the expense of the private moral duty of citizens."


It is this aspect of registration and a minimum of monitoring recommended in the Badman Report that seems to have inflamed home educators in the UK

However, the report also recommends that local authorities should work in collaboration with schools and colleges to offer more support to home educated students, including access to libraries, sports facilities, music tuition and work experience and also must provide support for home educating children and young people to find appropriate examination centres and provide entries free to all home educated candidates who have demonstrated sufficiently their preparedness through routine monitoring, for all DCSF funded qualifications.