Public education has many issues, of course, with the first one being they try to conform everyone. All students must learn same subjects accumulating in rote memorization and written tests regardless of their different abilities and interests. We're not all the same. The left-brain world doesn't take kindly to those who go against their cold logical tech-reliant ways. Next public education is a concotion of the establishment and you never know what their intentions are. I think homeschooling or online schooling is actually a good thing as it gives kids who don't fit the mainstream an opportunity. They can discover their own abilities unhindered by teasing peers. Though this is only true if the homeschooling or alternative education is not an excuse for indocrination.
The academic world is too often full of shit. We think doctors are trying to cure us but more often than not simply pushing drugs. We're all diseased in this age of impunity. And have yet to know the full affect.