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When School is at Home

Millions of American children do not attend formal schools. Their parents are educating them at home. Why is home schooling growing in popularity?

What kind of family makes this choice?
Many kinds. As recently as 20 years ago, most people dismissed home-schoolers as oddballs, and there were only 50,000 home-schooled kids in the entire country.

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