| Home education, also called homeschooling
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| | In the United States, the "curriculum in
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| or home school, is an educational
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| | a box", or All-in-one curriculum, form of
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| alternative in which children are
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| | home education dates back to 1906, when
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| educated at home by their parents, in
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| | the Calvert Day School of Baltimore,
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| contrast to the compulsory attendance
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| | Maryland made such materials available
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| which takes place in an institution with
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| | through a downtown Baltimore bookstore
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| a campus such as a public school or
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| | and a National Geographic advertisement.
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| private school. Home education methods
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| | Within five years, nearly 300 children
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| are similar to those widely used before
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| | were making use of materials from
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| the popularization of compulsory
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| | Calvert's Home Instruction Department. In
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| attendance requirements in the 19th
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| | less than a century the materials had
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| century. Before this time, the majority
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| | become the basis for lessons for more
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| of education worldwide was provided at
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| | than 350,000 children annually in more
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| home by family and community members,
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| | than 90 countries.
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| with only the privileged attending
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| | In the United States, homeschooling is
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| privately-run schools or employing
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| | the focus of a substantial movement among
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| tutors, the only available alternatives
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| | parents who wish to provide their
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| at the time.
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| | children with a custom or more complete
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| In modern times, although there were
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| | education, which they feel is
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| American families living overseas who
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| | unattainable in most private schools or
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| were already homeschooling their
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| | the state governments' public school
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| children, the first parents known to
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| | systems. In many instances one motivation
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| homeschool within the United States were
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| | is to provide religious education along
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| Tom and Mary Bergman of Utah, 1971.
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| | with education on traditional subjects;
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| Unknown to each other at the time, the
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| | religious education would not be
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| second known family was Charles and
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| | available in a public school setting, and
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| Virginia Birt Baker of Texas, 1972.
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| | the available private schools may be too
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| Homeschooling was sometimes erroneously
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| | expensive for the family to afford, or
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| called unschooling, but the latter was a
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| | may be of a different faith than that of
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| curriculum-free philosophy coined in 1977
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| | the family. Home schooling is also
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| by American educator John Holt in his
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| | considered an excellent alternative by
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| alternative education magazine Growing
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| | groups whose job necesitates frequent
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| Without Schooling. The terms
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| | moves, such as military families. While a
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| homeschooling and home education also
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| | growing number of families in the U.S.
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| include instruction in the home by
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| | are educating their children at home, the
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| parents choosing to be under the
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| | vast majority of families still utilize
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| supervision of correspondence schools,
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| | the institutional setting for their
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| which are referred to as "umbrella
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| | children.
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| schools" [example: Christian Liberty
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| | In 2003 about 1.1 million children (up
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| Academy].
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| | 29% from 850,000 in 1999) were
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| In the United States, homeschooling is
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| | home-educated on the United States[4]. A
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| the focus of a substantial movement among
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| | desire to provide religious or moral
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| parents who wish to provide their
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| | instruction, and a desire to provide a
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| children with a custom or more complete
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| | better learning environment are among the
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| education, which they feel is
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| | most common reasons for homeschooling.
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| unattainable in most private schools or
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| | Other reasons include: more flexibility
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| the government's public schools. While
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| | in adapting educational practices for
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| many families in the U.S. are educating
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| | children with learning disabilities or
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| their children at home, the vast majority
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| | illnesses; allowing the introduction of
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| still utilize the institutional setting
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| | more non-traditional studies, such as
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| for their children. Despite its
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| | Latin and agriculture, focusing more on a
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| popularity some people have concerns
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| | child's unique gifts, such as art or
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| about the recent renaissance of this
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| | mathematics; and providing more hands-on
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| traditional method of educating children.
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| | methods of learning such as unschooling.
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| The general historic foundations of home
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| | As educational choices become abundant
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| education originate with the informal
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| | through a vast array of educational
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| education systems that existed in many
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| | products and services available,
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| parts of the world before the rise of
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| | computers, and the internet, the idea of
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| publicly-run schools in the late 19th and
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| | homeschooling in the U.S. is expanding in
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| early 20th centuries. For example, famous
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| | popularity and acceptance. Some state
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| figures such as Thomas Edison, Abraham
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| | governments, like those in Alaska,
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| Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson (the only U.S.
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| | California, Pennsylvania, Utah, and
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| President to hold a Ph.D.) might be
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| | Kansas, sponsor home-education "virtual"
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| considered to have been home-educated as
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| | charter schools and/or reimburse parents
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| they were self-educated or had mentors or
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| | who purchase curricula approved by the
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| tutors growing up, but received little
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| | state.
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| formal education.
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