If Damon had not pontificated and belittled parents and families who chose private and/or homeschooling this would not be an issue.    Alas, to understand how blazingly hypocritical this is, just visit his earlier advocacy.

Ironically, in the argument Damon was making [August 2011] about all public teachers deserving tenure, the reporter was using experience from Los Angeles as an example of tenure leading to poor, unmotivated teachers. Two years later Matt Damon moves to Los Angeles and, gee, guess what happens….
Los Angeles – In an interview with the Guardian published Saturday, Damon revealed that he had just moved to Los Angeles from New York, but that he didn’t “have a choice” when it came to putting his four daughters into private schools. The multi-millionaire did say that it was “a major moral dilemma” and then made the bizarre excuse that the public schools aren’t “progressive” enough.
This would probably mark the first time anyone has ever complained that America’s public schools, especially in Los Angeles, aren’t left-wing enough.
The Guardian interview is part of the 42-year-old actor’s promotional tour for his upcoming sci-fi tentpole “Elysium,” which opens Friday.  (read more)