... (about 3 to 4 percent of school-aged children nationwide) are partaking in the home schooling phenomenon (Lines, 2000, 12). Once considered a social fad, home schooling has broken ground with a surprising growth rate of 15 to 20 percent per year (Lines, 2000, 12), and with the escalating concern over the public school system the growth of the home schooling movement is inevitable. According ... education intensifies. Before I began my in-depth research of home schooling, I wrestled with the notion that the positive experiences of public education definitely outweighed any negative effec...

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