homeschool
verb
home·school
ˈhōm-ˌskül 
homeschooled; homeschooling; homeschools
: to teach school subjects to one's children at home
: to teach (one's children) at home
Examples of homeschool in a Sentence
They homeschooled both their children.
Parents who homeschool are meeting on Thursday.
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In the article, Furnish, 62, explains why the couple chooses not to homeschool their two sons, Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Boring Reasons Parents Choose Homeschooling There are many reasons why a family might choose to homeschool their children.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 25 July 2024
At statehouses, the school choice movement has seen the most success recently with education savings accounts (ESAs), which allow public tax dollars to go towards parents who want to send their children to private school or homeschool them.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Dee was chronically ill, in and out of the hospital so much that her family elected to homeschool her.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Boring Reasons Parents Choose Homeschooling There are many reasons why a family might choose to homeschool their children.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 25 July 2024
At statehouses, the school choice movement has seen the most success recently with education savings accounts (ESAs), which allow public tax dollars to go towards parents who want to send their children to private school or homeschool them.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Dee was chronically ill, in and out of the hospital so much that her family elected to homeschool her.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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homeschool
verb
home·school
ˈhōm-ˌskül
: to teach school subjects to one's children at home
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