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Dictionary of Home Schooling

Home Scholar
-noun

A student who conducts most of his or her formal studies at home rather than in a public or private school; a home-taught pupil

“The home scholar quickly shelved his penmanship journal and reached for the new math project he’d been anticipating.”

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Secondary Home Scholar
-noun

The home educator who suddenly understands a myriad of concepts somehow missed during his or her own K-12 education

“Despite having earned a Master’s of Education at the state university, Mom just learned that essential phonics rule of ‘c followed by e, i, or y makes the soft s sound’ as in cent, city, and cynic.”