@futurebird

Earlier today, #Outschool changed their supplemental research document, which now includes this slide. The SES levels reported here ONLY apply to the 662 families who pay to use Outschool classes and completed their survery. I don't think you can extrapolate much to the wider #homeschool population.

@amirnathoo
#Outschool responded to a version of this #homeschool #statistics thread over on the birdsite. The screenshotted slides I shared in this toot-thread have been removed and replaced with some demographic data from their actual survey.

No comment or explanation was offered on why they posted such eggregiously incorrect data in the first place.

Just as importantly why is no one else questioning these “facts”? Eventually some junior #journalist is going to find these files and think, “Oh goody! That just streamlined my research. #Outschool is a reliable source. I’ll just cite this even though it lacks documentation.”

And we all know how provocative #FakeNews fires up the masses and takes on a life of its own. /7