Very interesting. I don't home ed my two dc. One of whom goes to a special school.
Special schooling (in my opinion) is worse than standard education.
I have been looking around special schools recently (and I am going to one this morning) to see if I can find a better one for my ds.
But so far I am appalled.
They only seem to "teach" at a low level, for the child struggling the most in the class. But seeing as the children are so very different intellectually, how can they effectively teach anyone? The children who are brighter, are left bored. The teaching standard even in my ds school (which is supposed to be "outstanding" by Ofsted) leaves much to be desired.
Currently I am fighting the LEA to fund a one to one assistant for my ds. I want someone to teach my ds sign lanuguage as he does not have speech. Communication is the most important thing, he will be lost without it. But everyone ignores this. And they still want to teaach him the same curriculum day after day, when he cannot effectivley communicate back.
I am tired and disillusioned of the ed system.
Children should (in my opnion) be outside a lot, to learn real subjects in our world. But they are stuck inside day after day.
But it's much worse in a special school. They hardly get a breath of fresh air all week. It's too much trouble to get them outside. (This is a special school for physically disabled by the way, so to get all the children toileted, coats etc, and wheelchairs, takes too much time). My ds attended an "after school club" where the activities each week differed, but were all outside activities. It sounded lovely, so off he went. He never went outside ONCE. The reason? Some of the children have weak immune systems, so cold weather is bad for their health. So why were they in the after school club for outside activities then? Made my blood boil!.
I shall carefully step off my soapbox now!
I am going to visit a special school right now, so back later.
Hope you don't mind my rambling...