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Download full textAngelis, Kristine L. – 1998
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children being home schooled during the past decade. The history of home schooling and its increasing interrelationship with public schooling are detailed. Demographic information on the home school population, a definition of home schooling, reasons to home school, and beliefs surrounding this…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational History, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedWagner, Michael – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
The recent establishment of charter schools in Alberta (Canada) has prompted allegations of a radical change towards privatization by the Progressive Conservative (PC) government. However, policy decisions since the 1970s demonstrate that the PC government has consistently supported private alternatives to public education; charter schools extend…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1894
This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1891-'92, containing Part I. This volume includes the Commissioner's Introduction and Part I, which contains the chapters: (1) General Classified Summary of Pupils of All Grades in Public and Private Schools and Institutions; (2) Statistics of State Common School Systems;…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Public Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
