TITLE

Staying home from school

AUTHOR(S)

Schnaiberg, Lynn

PUB. DATE

June 1996

SOURCE

Education Week;6/12/96, Vol. 15 Issue 38, p24

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on families who educate their children at home instead of at schools. Cutoff test scores that homeschoolers have to meet; Independence of parents; Commonalities among homeschoolers. INSET: Buying into home schooling..

ACCESSION #

9606234190

Tags: HOME schooling

 

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