Homeschooling Co-ops

Farmers in the past have formed co-ops to more easily sell their produce while making the most money from their sales. Co-ops like "IGA" were some of the earliest forms of the "supermarket". Why not try something like that with schooling our children?

The government has systematically ignored the education system for the most part, relegating schools and other education systems as the "bastard child" of the political process. So, our schools suffer, and so does our children's education. This is unacceptable. As of a few years back, we ranked 37th world-wide (in industrialized nations) in quality of education. What if a small group of educated moms and/or dads that stayed home to take care of their OWN children started homeschooling other parents' children? It would form a de-facto "private school" where there's no tuition fees. It would require some dedication from the "teachers". But, if these "teachers" are already homeschooling their own kids, why not extend that to other children?

This is in no way the solution to our education crisis, but it would reduce the problems facing the education system. One homeschooling parent, instead of teaching one or two children (their own children), would teach eight to ten. Eight to ten is still a manageable number. And parents can trade off. And homeschooling wouldn't have to just be during the daytime, either. And it doesn't have to be from K to 12, either. Homeschooling co-ops could be for preschoolers, where the "stay-at-home" moms and dads get together with their children and teach them their ABC's. This way, not only are children getting homeschooling education, but the socialization you get from sending your child(ren) to a public school...without the glaring inadequacies of public schools, and without paying through the nose for tuition to a private school.

Something to think about.