homeschooling

[hohm-skoo-ling]

noun

1. the practice of teaching one's own children at home, instead of sending them to school.

Other Word Forms

• home-schooling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of homeschooling¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

They have persistently relied on their parental rights in many contexts, including vaccines, homeschooling, and most recently and increasingly, gender identity issues.

From Slate

In high school, she switched to homeschooling to free up more time to practice.

From Los Angeles Times

Similarly, National Review continues to open its pages to single-issue wing nuts from the depths of the far-right fever swamps, including psychotic anti-IVF Catholics, sweaty homeschooling advocates, and Armond White, the veteran whack-job film critic who, in a recent review, asserted that Moana 2 was a trans allegory.

From Slate

McGee proposed a solution: “Empower families with more educational freedom — through school vouchers and scholarships, charter schools, open enrollment, and less burdensome homeschooling regulations.”

From Los Angeles Times

Programs like Arizona’s allow parents to claim more than $7,000 in vouchers for educational expenses – like private school tuition, homeschooling costs, even a piano or ski resort visit – if their kids exit the public school system.

From Salon