home-school

British

verb

to teach one's child at home instead of sending him or her to school

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adjective

1. being educated at home rather than in school
  
  home-school kids
2. relating to the education of children in their own homes instead of in school
  
  home-school parents

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Example Sentences

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A significant number of its customers are families who home-school their children or send them to religious or public charter schools.

From Washington Post

Kells said she would home-school her child before letting her be held back a year because of a test.

From Washington Post

Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, was in Iowa on Wednesday for meetings with evangelical pastors and parents who home-school their children.

From Washington Times

Students left for private schools, were home-schooled or moved out of the area.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Burchett said he saw no “real role” for Congress to play in reducing gun violence, and volunteered that his solution to the issue of protecting his family was to home-school his children.

From New York Times

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