Having 3 children age 9,11 and 14 this is of interest to me.I personally would not home school.I do not consider myself either patient enough,or gifted at teaching.I do think parents should have a choice,within strict paramaters though.
I have experienced both the U.K and U.S.A education system,private and public ,
and with all their are faults.However I still feel the education gained by my 3 from school,will be far superior to anything I could provide.
That said I have been very lucky in having my younger two,placed in a gifted school here,which even better is free.My oldest son is about to start high school and I will reserve judgement on that one,till I have more experience.He has always been a problem,whether in the U.K or here,paid for or free.
So reluctantly, I have resigned myself to the fact,that high school will be equally problematic.