Comment Going to University (Score 0) 700
A further thing to consider is whether the academics really are better for home schooled kids. I'm sure that you can cram facts into their heads but, as a university prof who has seen students from foreign countries where rote learning is de rigour, this does not turn out well at university when they are required to understand and apply knowledge rather than just regurgitate it. In addition there is the benefit of exposing them to different teacher's points of views and interests: your kids are not you and they need to find out what they like.
Lastly I'd also question whether your wife is really capable of home schooling at all. At school all the teachers have managed to get a degree in something plus training as teachers. Your wife is clearly not well educated and lacks any training in teaching young kids: there is a very good reason why school teachers require special training in educational techniques while university professor do not. Kid's minds do not function the same way as adult's and you need to take account of this to be an effective school teacher, particularly for primary school kids.