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	AllRefer.com - home schooling (Education: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school.
		Although home schooling had been practiced for generations in the United States, it was largely illegal during most of the 20th cent., but since the 1970s it has become one of the most rapidly growing educational trends in the nation.
		Some home school opponents feel that many state laws are too lenient, permitting teaching by parents who are inept or inattentive.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/homeschl.html (575 words)

	Home Schooling: An Overview, HYG-5284-95
		In past times, parents taught their children at home because there was a lack of public schools or the schools were too far away for the children to attend.
		Present day home schools have once again emerged as parents are choosing to educate their children at home for reasons of security, values and/or educational quality.
		Since home schools vary from home to home, it is impossible to say what will work for all parents who choose to home school their children.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/5000/5284.html (786 words)

	Home Schooling - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Homeschooling (also called home education) is the education of children at home and in the community, in contrast to education in an institution such as a public or parochial school.
		In 2001, public school grades are deprecated by many college-entrance procedures, and a GED taken at less than 18 years of age, combined with good scores on the SAT and ACT tests permit entrance to most colleges and apprenticeships.
		The confusion comes with the term "compulsory school age" which is widely used and which only serves to perpetuate the myth that school is compulsory, whereas the above quote clearly shows that it is not.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /home_schooling.htm (3141 words)

	Home Schooling in the United States - Population Division Working Paper 53
		This is because home schooling seems to be taking place on a larger scale than other educational innovations, because home schooling may have a greater immediate impact on educational practices in existing schools, and because home schooling has brought new institutional forms into being that have the potential to grow over the longer term.
		Home schooled children are more likely to be non-Hispanic White, they are likely to live in households headed by a married couple with moderate to high levels of education and income, and are likely to live in a household with an adult not in the labor force.
		Home schooling has emerged with, and indeed is linked to, other emerging educational trends -- on-line education and other systems that allow families and individuals to choose their own educational paths (school vouchers, charter schools).
	www.census.gov /population/www/documentation/twps0053.html (5397 words)

	TIME.com - Seceding From School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Home schooling forsakes all that by defining education not as the pursuit of an entire community but as the work of one family and its chosen circle.
		But for now, home schooling is still growing at about 11% a year, and it's no longer confined to a conservative fringe that never believed in the idea of public education anyway.
		Susie Capraro, who home schools her son and daughter, used to be part of the Broward County Parent Support Group, the largest home-schooling network in Florida and one founded on Judeo-Christian principles.
	www.time.com /time/covers/1101010827/cover.html (1412 words)

	Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If a parent decides to home school, he or she shall offer 1,000 hours of instruction during the school year, with at least 600 hours in the basics, which will be in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.
		School attendance compulsory, who may be excused--nonattendance, penalty--home school, definition, requirements--school year defined--daily log, defense to prosecution.
		Home school, declaration of enrollment, contents--filing with recorder of deeds or chief school officer--fee.
	www.dese.state.mo.us /schoollaw/HomeSch/homeschool.htm (835 words)

	Home Schooling in Colorado
		The test or evaluation results, whichever is appropriate, shall be submitted to the school district that received the notification required by paragraph (e) of this subsection (3) or an independent or parochial school within the state of Colorado.
		The school district shall then require the parents to proceed in the manner specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection(5).
		If, during the remainder of that academic year, the child chooses to participate in extracurricular or interscholastic activities at the same school and was eligible for participation prior to withdrawing from the school, the child remains eligible to participate at such school.
	www.cde.state.co.us /cdeedserv/homeschool.htm (1977 words)

	Home Schooling [encyclopedia]
		Homeschooling, or home educating, is the education of one's child or children in the home or outside of the normal educational institutions.
		Still others feel they have no choice because of poor quality schools, discipline problems or harassment at schools, difference in values and beliefs with what is being taught, or special needs such as learning disabilities or even children that are exceptionally-abled.
		However, according to the National Home Education Research Institute, during the 1996-1997 school year, there were between 700,000 and 1.15 million home schooled children in the United States.
	artzia.com /Society/Education/Home (1079 words)

	Home Schooling
		The Home Education Information Package is intended to provide a description of the steps to be followed when applying for registration for Home Education and to assist parents/guardians in preparing to home educate their child/children.
		Home education is an option that is open to every parent in the UK whatever your race, colour, class, creed, or religion.
		Home Schooling is an option which allows families to stay together and children to benefit from the experience of living abroad whilst at the same time keeping up with UK standards of education.
	www.shambles.net /pages/school/HomeSch (2383 words)

	Home Schooling
		Schooling at home was a necessity in an age when there were a limited number of schools.
		Because many children are home schooled for only a few years, the percentage of children who reach age 18 with some home-schooling experience will be larger than 1 percent.
		To estimate the number of children engaged in home schooling within its borders, a state could begin with its own database, if it has one, then supplement it with surveys to assess how many families file reports or other papers required of home schoolers.
	www.kidsource.com /kidsource/content2/home.schooling.html (1472 words)

	Learn in Freedom! Education Reform, Home-Schooling Resources
		Even schools of higher education that are selective about admitting adult learners are happy to admit applicants who never attended school in their childhood, so the number of colleges that admit homeschoolers has grown to more than 1,000 colleges in at least five countries.
		I first encountered the phrase "school is dead" as the title of a book by Everett Reimer, a scholar with many years of experience in attempting to reform schools for poor children in the third world.
		Some people say making children wear school uniforms will reduce the crime rate, but there is dismaying evidence suggesting the relationship between schools and crime results in increasing crime rates in the recent history of several countries, as a byproduct of youth culture.
	learninfreedom.org (1595 words)

	NHERI
		Whether called homeschooling, home schooling, home-based education, home education, home-schooling, unschooling, deschooling, or a form of alternative education, the movement is growing and the National Home Education Research Institute is tracking and analyzing it, internationally.
		The homeschool movement is both a proactive new direction in education that stands on its own and it is a reaction to the problems and inadequacies of existing schools and schooling paradigms.
		In summary, the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) is a key leader when it comes to conducting and reporting on homeschooling as it relates to homeschool research (i.e., home-school research), homeschool statistics, homeschool data, homeschool reports, homeschool facts, homeschool consulting, homeschool studies, homeschool population, homeschool demographics, and homeschool expert witness.
	www.nheri.org (803 words)

	CBS News \| Home Schooling Nightmares \| October 15, 2003 07:26:56
		For many, the deepest and most abiding benefit of home schooling is the claiming (or reclaiming) of their family.
		Home schooling families spend incredible amounts of time together living, learning and playing.
		Because they were home schooling, no one noticed he was missing for more than a year.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/10/14/eveningnews/main578007.shtml (826 words)

	Home Schooling
		Most home schoolers are unaware of the high price their predecessors paid to protect this liberty after government made school attendance compulsory.
		"...home schooling sends a message to the elites that there are some things, namely children, that are not owned or controlled by the government.
		A recent comparison of over 5,400 home school students and their public school counterparts highlights two interesting findings: 1) On average, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, the nation's roughly 1 million home schoolers scored more than 30 points higher than public school students on standardized tests.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/sergeman/issues/education/homeschooling.html (1954 words)

	Eligibility FAQ: Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Students who were home schooled for any part of high school (grades nine through 12) must now register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.
		Courses taken in summer school after the eighth semester of high school may not be used to meet the core-course requirements.
		A college course taken during high school by a home-schooled student may be used to meet the core-course requirements, provided the course is placed on the home-school transcript, would be accepted for any other student and meets all requirements to be considered a core course.
	www1.ncaa.org /membership/membership_svcs/eligibility-recruiting/faqs/homeschooling (471 words)

	Home Schooling
		For it is recognized that home schooling is only one answer to the need for more parental involvement in the education of their children.
		While cooperation was obtained from the governments and the home schooling associations, neither The Francombe Place/Research Associates, nor anyone associated with The Francombe Place/Research Associates have any affiliation with government agencies, Federal, Provincial or Territorial, or any of the home schooling associations.
		However, up to fifteen years ago, the numbers were so small that "home schooling" as such was practically unrecognized.
	user.fundy.net /fplace/hmschl.htm (999 words)

	Love@Home Schooling
		I find there are two reasons for not doing school work, excluding of course the obvious, which we interpret to be bad attitude, laziness etc. I believe that children actually crave to learn, but their need to display their agency and fight anyone "making" them do something they don’t feel like doing can be overwhelming.
		Unit studies are both a fun and frugal way to home school your children.
		I love to home school but there are days that I want to march all these kids over to the elementary school and hand them over to the principal.
	www.loveathome.com /homeschool (388 words)

	Focus on Social Issues - Education - Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But the home schooling has been around far longer, because at the heart, education is first a "home schooling" experience as parents exercise their God-ordained right and responsibility to educate their children.
		Home schooling is a strategic and vital option for parents in the challenge to raise and educate their children.
		Pennsylvania's Home School Law requires that school districts, if requested, must give homeschoolers textbooks and health services, but allows each school district to decide whether to permit homeschoolers access to public school classes and activities.
	www.family.org /cforum/fosi/education/hs (261 words)

	home schooling on Encyclopedia.com
		the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school.
		Scott Somerville, of Home School Legal Defense Association, ponders a question while talking about home schooling in the office of college president Michael Farris in Founders Hall on the campus of Pa
		Joshua Fireman, 12, right, practices the violin with his mother, AnnMarie Fireman, left, and sister Lilly during a home schooling session at their home in Huntington Woods, Michigan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/h1/homeschl.asp (967 words)

	Private Education - Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The child must continue to attend school until he or she turns 18, earns a high school diploma, or formally "drops out" of school at age 16 or 17, according to the procedure set out at IC 20-33-2-28.5
		Parents who choose to home educate are required to report their home school's enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education upon request of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (IC 20-33-2-21).
		Qualified home school graduates are now eligible for the same U.S. Army enlistment incentives as a traditional high school graduate...
	www.doe.state.in.us /sservices/hse.htm (345 words)

	Amazon.com: Video: Home Schooling 101 (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Home Schooling 101 tells the story with examples, evidence, testimonials and hard facts.
		With a Doctorate in educational technology, he was exposed to training methods used by government agencies and large corporations; methods which produced a higher level of performance than that produced by classic teaching methods.
		Although I am not a firm believer in home schooling, I found this video to be very informative and professional.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930228007?v=glance (750 words)

	Home Schooling R Us walks you through the steps to start home schooling now!
		Having used home schooling to educate seven children I know the challenge it is to get started.
		In fact, these 7 issues are the reason why most parents do do school at home and why you should enroll your children.
		are the quick way to get started and may even be useful to experienced home schooling families that want to encourage their friends to get started.
	www.home-schooling-r-us.com (357 words)

	Open Directory - Reference: Education: K through 12: Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Home School Families of Twins (HSFT) - Resource for educating, encouraging, and inspiring families with twins or triplets of all ages.
		The Home School Source - Services include a lending library with mailing direct to homes, a curriculum and book store, swap and discussion boards, and events listings.
		Home to the Trivium Email Loop, an Internet Guide for homeschoolers, articles by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn, listing of national contests open to homeschoolers, seminar schedule, a great books list, all about Greek, Logic, Speech and Debate.
	dmoz.org /Reference/Education/K_through_12/Home_Schooling (1288 words)

	Home Schooling, Are You Making the Right Choice? The Guides and References. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Survivor's Guide to Home Schooling - A Survivor's Guide to Home Schooling offers practical suggestions, support, and encouragement for those who have undertaken to teach their children at home-- all in light of Scriptural guidelines.
		Home Schooling from Scratch : Simple Living - Super Learning - Author Mary Kenyon believes the best things in your children's education are not the same as the expensive things.
		She explains: * the basics of simple home schooling * how to decide what is really needed * how to find or create materials and opportunities for less money * how to organzie the whole household for a tight grip on the purse strings.
	www.omega23.com /books/lit/homeschool.html (2212 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In this historic first, the director of the accredited and highly successful Seton Home Study School shows parents why and how to teach their children at home, giving scores of practical examples and setting forth the spiritual, moral and academic advantages.
		Perfect for mothers who are considering home schooling - or who want to convince their husbands or relatives that home schooling is a good idea.
		Her reminder that a cross should be present somewhere in the home is exactly the sort of thing we don't hear enough of these days.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895554941?v=glance (1563 words)

	Home Schooling
		Home schooling is one of the options available for meeting the state's compulsory attendance law, Section 167.031, RSMo.
		The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does NOT regulate or monitor home schooling in Missouri.
		If you would like to receive a print out of the home schooling information from this website, please submit your name and address to the School Laws and Legislation Section.
	dese.mo.gov /schoollaw/HomeSch (186 words)

	Home Schooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They are doing great, and while they've occasionally wished they were in public school for some reason, this doesn't happen any more frequently than some of their friends indicate they wish they were home schooled.
		For the 1999-2000 school year, Esther attended a private school (Hilltop) for her algebra and biology, and went to the same Spanish tutor she had used for a while.
		In Texas it's treated as private schooling, which means that the state and local governments have to pretty much stay out of it.
	www.rru.com /~meo/hs (269 words)

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