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2. John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

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   Society portal. v. t. e. John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After a six-year stint teaching elementary school in the 1950s, Holt wrote the book How Children Fail (1964), which ...

3. Susan Wise Bauer - Wikipedia

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   Early life and education. Susan Wise Bauer was born on August 8, 1968, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She grew up on a farm in Virginia, the daughter of Jessie and James Wise. Her father was a pediatrician, and her mother was an educator. She and her two siblings received a homeschool education starting in the 1970s. [1][2]

4. Homeschooling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Homeschooling constitutes the education of about 3.4% of U.S. students (approximately two million students) as of 2012. [needs update] The number of homeschoolers in the United States has increased significantly over the past few decades since the end of the 20th century. In the United States, the Supreme Court has ruled that parents have ...

5. Homeschooling - Wikipedia

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   Homeschooling or home schooling (American English), also known as home education or elective home education (EHE) (British English), [1] is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, many homeschool families use less formal, more personalized ...

6. Homeschooling is booming. How can the U.S. get it right?

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   Homeschooling in the U.S. is growing and also evolving. This new group of parents breaks the traditional stereotype of conservatives worried about secular education practices. They have a wide ...

7. John Taylor Gatto - Wikipedia

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   John Taylor Gatto. John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 [3] – October 25, 2018 [4]) was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He is best known for his books Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of ...