Home Schooling Directory

Home schooling is the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as the teachers.

Home education, also called home schooling or home school, is an educational alternative in which children are educated at home and in the community, in contrast to a compulsory education which takes place in an institution such as a publicly-run or privately-run school. Home education methods are similar to those widely used before the popularization of compulsory education in the 19th century. Before this time, the majority of education worldwide was provided at home by family and community members, with only the privileged attending privately-run schools or employing tutors, the only available alternatives at the time.

Although home schooling had been practiced for generations, it was largely illegal during most of the 20th cent., but since the 1970s it has become one of the most rapidly growing educational trends. it the home-schooled.