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Home Education as an Alternative to Institutionalized Education.

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Knowles, J. Gary; And Others – Educational Forum, 1994

Home schooling has a long cross-cultural history. Parents who teach their children at home have diverse characteristics and rationales: dissatisfaction with public schools, avoidance of conformity, freedom, or concern for their values. (SK)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Parent Rights, Parents as Teachers

Introduction: The Context of Home Schooling in the United States.

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Knowles, J. Gary – Education and Urban Society, 1988

Reviews the following historical phases of the recent home school movement: (1) parents' contentions about public schools; (2) home school parents' confrontations with schools and the courts; (3) cooperation between public schools and home schools; and (4) consolidation of home schools. Introduces the other articles in this issue. (BJV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Family Characteristics, Home Schooling