Somebody did a doctorate on this?: Home is no place for school. It seems obvious but here are some key findings:

But schools serve important functions far beyond academic learning. Attending school is an important element in the development of the ''whole child.'' Schools, particularly public schools, are the one place where ''all of the children of all of the people come together.'' Can there be anything more important to each child and thus to our democratic society than to develop virtues and values such as respect for others, the ability to communicate and collaborate and an openness to diversity and new ideas? Such virtues and values cannot be accessed on the Internet.

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