I used to be a believer in public education...until i realised my daughter was much happier staying home and reading...took her out of school in grade 9.. my son was much more fortunate...he never went to school.
My daughter is now graduating as a homeschooler and working hard for her SAT. The boy is doing great as a homeschooler, too. He is very much into computers and technology and he really enjoys studying things like coding. He sometimes spends hours on his coding stuff and he comes up with really cool stuff.
Being out of the public education system is basically giving kids their freedom back, the freedom to do what they really want to.