Jamie B - I also wish you good luck in your decision about homeschooling. In an ideal world, I think that would be a serious option for us. I agree with Kriston that if you add up all the time one kid in a class of 25 spends learning, it's quite small. Most of the time is spent moving from one activity to another, one classroom to another, lining up, playing outside, snack, lunch, etc. And if you're giving one-on-one attention to a student, the amount of time necessary is much shorter than trying to teach 25 kids at different levels of ability.