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homeschooling
Sign in to saveAlso known as home schooling, home-schooling, home education, elective home education, EHE, elective home education, EHE, elective home education (EHE), school at home
thumb|Educating children at home Homeschooling or home schooling (American English), also known as home education or elective home education (British English), is the education of school-aged children in places other than a traditional school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, many homeschooling families use less formal, more personalized learning methods, more personalized and individualized methods of learning that are not always found in schools. The practice of homeschooling varies considerably: the spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional s
Homeschooling is the education of school-aged children at home rather than in traditional schools, typically conducted by parents, tutors, or online teachers using personalized learning methods. It matters because it represents an alternative educational approach that allows families to tailor instruction to individual children's needs in ways that may differ from conventional classroom settings.
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Research
1,260 papers- The homeschooling timetable blanket.Patterns (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Gater CDOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100284
- Homeschooling and child maltreatment: A review of the regulatory context and research evidence in the United States.ReviewChild abuse & neglect · 2025Luck A, Chen WT, Cuccaro-Alamin S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107355
- Homeschooling parents in California: Attitudes, beliefs and behaviors associated with child's vaccination status.Vaccine · 2020Mohanty S, Joyce CM, Delamater PL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.026
- Effects of mandatory homeschooling during COVID-19 on conflict in romantic couples.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Basso NL, Lambe LJ, Kim AJ et al.DOI: 10.1037/fam0001052
- Evaluation of Trends in Homeschooling Rates After Elimination of Nonmedical Exemptions to Childhood Immunizations in California, 2012-2020.JAMA network open · 2022Patel KM, McFadden SM, Mohanty S et al.DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46467
- Long-Term Mandatory Homeschooling during COVID-19 Had Compounding Mental Health Effects on Parents and Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Groff LVM, Elgendi MM, Stewart SH et al.DOI: 10.3390/children11091072
- Homeschooling for Quarantined Residents: A Virtual Back to the Basics Curriculum.Cureus · 2020Sielicki A, White J, Berman M et al.DOI: 10.7759/cureus.11824
- Ineffective Homeschooling in a Child with a Learning Disability.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2019Quist M, Chopp D, Wilson CM et al.DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000644
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37 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Early history
- United States
- Germany
- France
- Canada
- Asia
- Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Motivations
- Religion
- Racism
- Teaching methods, forms and philosophies
- Structured versus unstructured
- Unschooling and natural learning
- Informal learning
- Unit studies
- Autonomous learning
- Hybrid homeschooling
- Homeschool cooperatives
- Research on outcomes
- Academic
- Parental class
- Unschooling
- "Math gap"
- Higher education
- Social
- Child abuse and neglect
- Adulthood
- Legality and prevalence
- Attitudes towards homeschooling
- Software
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Educating children at home
Homeschooling or home schooling (American English), also known as home education or elective home education (British English), is the education of school-aged children in places other than a traditional school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, many homeschooling families use less formal, more personalized learning methods, more personalized and individualized methods of learning that are not always found in schools. The practice of homeschooling varies considerably: the spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional school lessons to more open, free forms such as unschooling, which is a lesson- and curriculum-free implementation of homeschooling. Some families who initially attended a school go through a deschooling process to detach from traditional school habits and prepare for homeschooling. While "homeschooling" is the term commonly used in North America, "home education" is primarily used in Europe and many Commonwealth countries. Homeschooling should not be confused with distance education, which generally refers to the arrangement where the student follows the curriculum and requirements of an online school rather than being educated independently and unrestrictedly by their parents or by themselves.