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Also known as: home education, home schooling
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Patrick Farenga is a writer and education activist who worked closely with the late author and teacher John Holt and continues his work today as the president of HoltGWS LLC. After Holt died, Farenga published...
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homeschooling, educational method situated in the home rather than in an institution designed for that purpose. It is representative of a broad social movement of families, largely in Western societies, who believe that the education of children is, ultimately, the right of parents rather than a government. Beginning in the late 20th century, the homeschooling movement grew largely as a reaction against public school curricula among some groups. Until the passage of compulsory school attendance laws, beginning in the United States in the mid-19th century, apprenticeships and communal activities were the primary ways young children learned. However, individual instruction was ...(100 of 1169 words)

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