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home-schooling

American

[hohm skool-ing] / ˈhoʊm ˌskul ɪŋ /

noun

the act or process of educating one's children at home rather than sending them to an educational institution.

adjective

relating to educating one's children at home rather than sending them to an educational institution.

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home-schooling

That’s an admission that parents may prefer other schools or home-schooling for their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Even after medical intervention, he looks far from “normal,” and is suddenly facing his first year in actual school after years of home-schooling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

He couldn’t afford private schools or tutors, and balked at home-schooling formats and curricula for his daughter, feeling he knew his child best.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

Four years ago we were still deep in the pandemic, locked down, working from home, and home-schooling.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024

And speaking of which: when Hassan Harbish showed up at the Kalman School in tenth grade after a decade of home-schooling, he was plenty smart, albeit not prodigiously so.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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