Not conservative, but I was homeschooled until I went to university. A few scattered thoughts on the topic that I can elaborate on if anyone is interested:
- I was very badly socialized and very isolated growing up, so much so that I failed my first semester entirely and had to come back years later to get a degree. This isn't representative, from what I understand.
- I did score highly on many subjects (reading and algebra, mainly) but on others I was entirely ignorant (history, evolution or anything that contradicted the bible)
- I was able to catch up on the topics that I was ignorant of in relatively short order. I attribute this partially to my homeschooling, because the self-directed nature of my education fit very well with how you are expected to learn in university. Partially, I think it's because public schools act as extended daycare to some degree and teach the same subjects over and over.
- I generally support homeschooling. It can be done well and seems to lead to a solid education with much less time investment than public schooling.
- My only reservation is that (in my experience) many families use it as a way to avoid teaching their children important things about the world that conflict with their ideology.
- I imagine that if I had gone into another profession, my ignorance of biology or history would have been a larger problem.