I was homeschooled until highschool. I have a lot of complex feelings about it!
Homeschooling also known as home education.
Yep. I actually don't know much about the history of homeschooling...when it started, why, etc
Homeschooling
Homeschooling, also known as home education is the education of children at home or a variety of places other than school. Home education is usually conducted by a parent or tutor or online teacher. Many families use less formal ways of educating. "Homeschooling" is the term commonly used in North America, whereas "home education" is commonly used in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in many Commonwealth countries.
Before the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education was done by families and local
with a number of these families, Holt began producing "Growing Without Schooling", a newsletter dedicated to home education. Holt was nicknamed the "father of home schooling." Holt later wrote a book about homeschooling, "Teach Your Own", in 1981.
In 1980, Holt said, "I want to make it clear that I don't see homeschooling as some kind of answer to badness of schools. I think that the home is the proper base for the exploration of the world which we call learning