I'm watching kids fall through the cracks of the public school system here in Canada. There's quite a violence problem with even teachers and staff being seriously injured and powerless to deal with it. But there is also functional literacy issues since 1/3 in my province are not meeting basic competency requirements. In this environment, i can see why home schooling is a thing if you can't afford to send your kids to private school.

John Oliver is entertaining but he's also very strongly biased and misrepresents the situation. He talks fast and yells and mocks people to give the illusion of confidence and authority.