Comment by dingnuts

I found this explanation extremely unsatisfying considering that you could make the same choice and put your child into private education if you're a successful tech person.

I know families that homeschool and I like to read articles like this one to see if anyone "gets it." So far, no hits.

They're opting out of mediocre instruction and government-mandated values enforcement ("DEI" in its public school curricula form); the other kids are irrelevant. The homeschoolers I know are average and have lots of social activities with average peers in their community.