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::As to who is the homeschooler, I would use "she is homeschooled" or "she is homeschooling" or "she is a homeschooler" to refer to the student; "she is homeschooling" or "she is a homeschooling mom" or "she homeschools her kids" to refer to the mom.  "She is a homeschooler" referring to the mom is less common, I think because mom can't homeschool without the kids, but I would hesitate to call it incorrect - I would prefer "she is homeschooling" or "she homeschools".  "They are homeschoolers", referring to the family, is appropriate.  I guess when you're referring to the students and teacher(s) collectively it's right to call them all homeschoolers, but not so much the teacher by herself.  (Excuse the sexist language here!)   

::As to who is the homeschooler, I would use "she is homeschooled" or "she is homeschooling" or "she is a homeschooler" to refer to the student; "she is homeschooling" or "she is a homeschooling mom" or "she homeschools her kids" to refer to the mom.  "She is a homeschooler" referring to the mom is less common, I think because mom can't homeschool without the kids, but I would hesitate to call it incorrect - I would prefer "she is homeschooling" or "she homeschools".  "They are homeschoolers", referring to the family, is appropriate.  I guess when you're referring to the students and teacher(s) collectively it's right to call them all homeschoolers, but not so much the teacher by herself.  (Excuse the sexist language here!)   

::Note that in some states there is language that comes from the laws in that state.  In some states, homeschoolers must be enrolled in some kind of "umbrella school" which provides oversight - technically, these are private school students.  In Britain, homeschoolers are "educated otherwise" (if I remember right), from a phrase in their law.  In Pennsylvania law there is no such thing as homeschooling - children are "home educated" or "privately tutored" or "enrolled in a public cyber-charter school" - this last one is very controversial, as most independent homeschoolers insist that students in schools run by the government are not homeschoolers, even if they do school at home.  (Got that?!  Public cyber-charter schools are essentially publicly-funded internet-based correspondence schools.)  The idea here is that we must be careful not to confuse, especially in the mind of the general public and the legislature, traditional self-funded homeschooling and publicly-funded school-at-home.  The concern is that such confusion could lead to more governmental oversight - if government money is being spent, then accountability (and control, and standardization) soon follows, and with accountability homeschoolers tend to be forced into doing things in a very school-at-home way, which many of us feel takes away the most effective parts of homeschooling.  But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.  --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 20:21, 16 May 2007 (EDT)

::Note that in some states there is language that comes from the laws in that state.  In some states, homeschoolers must be enrolled in some kind of "umbrella school" which provides oversight - technically, these are private school students.  In Britain, homeschoolers are "educated otherwise" (if I remember right), from a phrase in their law.  In Pennsylvania law there is no such thing as homeschooling - children are "home educated" or "privately tutored" or "enrolled in a public cyber-charter school" - this last one is very controversial, as most independent homeschoolers insist that students in schools run by the government are not homeschoolers, even if they do school at home.  (Got that?!  Public cyber-charter schools are essentially publicly-funded internet-based correspondence schools.)  The idea here is that we must be careful not to confuse, especially in the mind of the general public and the legislature, traditional self-funded homeschooling and publicly-funded school-at-home.  The concern is that such confusion could lead to more governmental oversight - if government money is being spent, then accountability (and control, and standardization) soon follows, and with accountability homeschoolers tend to be forced into doing things in a very school-at-home way, which many of us feel takes away the most effective parts of homeschooling.  But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.  --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 20:21, 16 May 2007 (EDT)

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