Wow, this is a loaded question!  Well, we decided for many reasons.  #1 reason is for faith based reasons. #2 reason is that Texas schools teach to the standardized test called TAKS, so kids are only learning to improve scores and that means more money for the school, #3 is because we wanted to be the main influences in our kids lives not the folks at school, #4 we have read numerous studies that children who are home schooled are stronger academically and morally.