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home-school

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home·school or home-school  (hmskl)
v. home·schooled or home-schooled, home·school·ing or home-school·ling, home·schools or home-schools
v.tr.
To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.
v.intr.
To provide educational instruction in a homeschool.
n.
A school operated outside established educational institutions, especially in a home.

homeschooler n.

home-school
vb
(Social Science / Education)
a.  to teach one's child at home instead of sending him or her to school
adj
a.  (Social Science / Education) being educated at home rather than in school home-school kids
b.  relating to the education of children in their own homes instead of in school home-school parents
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.home-school - educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school; "The parents are home-schooling their daughter"
school - educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"


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Catherine Milstead, a mother of five, enrolled her oldest daughter in an ecumenical Christian home-school program when her youngest daughter was a baby.
Still, despite the declining stigma of learning at home, some home-school parents face ridicule from relatives who don't think they are up to the task.
Another effort of those opposed to public schools is the home-school movement, which includes many people who are neither religious nor right wing.
 
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