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They're all good, or all bad, based on a wide variety of factors ...

I've known people who home-schooled for a variety of reasons who have been very successful, a couple people who've sent their children to private school and had great results, and many people who have done well in our local public and Catholic school systems.

If you have a good public school system and your children are "average" than it is a very good choice, but if your children are gifted or have a learning disability it will not be that good of an option. If you have the cash and a good private school your children may be better off in one of these schools, but many people lack the cash. Finally, when done well, homeschooled children often perform far better because they get far more attention from someone who is focused on making them perform well, but few parents are willing or able to make the kind of changes in their lives necessary to homeschool their children.