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home-schooling

American  
[hohm skool-ing] / ˈhoʊm ˌskul ɪŋ /

noun

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


adjective

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

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Relatives said Destiny Harrison was home-schooling Isaiah with a computer program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

It could include a shift in international students or a move to home-schooling which would not be reflected in the state school figures.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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

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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