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'''Homeschooling''' is a movement in which students receive education primarily at home, rather than in the traditional [[school]] system.
 
'''Homeschooling''' is a movement in which students receive education primarily at home, rather than in the traditional [[school]] system.
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Students educated at home have frequently done well in contests, often winning over students from the school system.
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Students educated at home have frequently done well in contests, often winning over students from the school system.<ref>For example, the most successful [[mathematician]] in contests in history, Reid Barton, was [[homeschooled]]. [http://www.amstat.org/PUBLICATIONS/amsn/index.cfm?fuseaction=highlights0812001]</ref>
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In the [[United States]], one to two million students are educated at home.
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In the [[United States]], one to two million students are educated at home, or about one out of every 50 students.
    
Reasons for '''homeschooling''' include:
 
Reasons for '''homeschooling''' include:
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