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[[Image:Homeschool.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A young homeschooled student]]
[[Image:Homeschool.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A young homeschooled student]]
{{See also|First Reader}} and ''[[Conservapedia:Index]]''.
{{See also|First Reader}} and ''[[Conservapedia:Index]]''.
'''Homeschooling''' is teaching a child at home rather than in a public or other formal school. This enables one-on-one teaching of a child to read well, which is the foundation of success. More than 4 million children are being homeschooled in the U.S. as of 2024,<ref name="St">https://admissionsly.com/homeschooling-statistics/</ref> with an annual growth rate of 2%-8%.<ref name="St"/> Historically, the average American received only about 2 years of formal schooling until sometime after the [[American Civil War]].<ref>Nearly 7% of college-educated parents homeschool their children. [http://www.sagus.us/blog/blog_details.asp?ID=18&p=7&s=7&s2=7] "In 2012, there were around 1.8 million homeschool students [in the [[U.S.]]], and in 2021, that number is expected to be above 5 million." [https://www.fox4now.com/news/national/as-the-pandemic-continues-more-families-turning-to-homeschooling]</ref>
'''Homeschooling''' is teaching a child at home rather than in a public or other formal school. This enables one-on-one teaching of a child to read well, which is the foundation of success. More than 4 million children were being homeschooled in the U.S. as of 2024,<ref name="St">https://admissionsly.com/homeschooling-statistics/</ref> with an annual growth rate of 2%-8%.<ref name="St"/> Historically, the average American received only about 2 years of formal schooling until sometime after the [[American Civil War]].<ref>Nearly 7% of college-educated parents homeschool their children. [http://www.sagus.us/blog/blog_details.asp?ID=18&p=7&s=7&s2=7] "In 2012, there were around 1.8 million homeschool students [in the [[U.S.]]], and in 2021, that number is expected to be above 5 million." [https://www.fox4now.com/news/national/as-the-pandemic-continues-more-families-turning-to-homeschooling]</ref>
Prior to the [[Covid]] pandemic, "homeschoolers made up about 2% of the K-12 student population in the U.S. Now ... it is 6%."
Prior to the [[Covid]] pandemic, "homeschoolers made up about 2% of the K-12 student population in the U.S. Now ... it is 6%."