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Home education is an arrangement in which a child’s compulsory education is primarily provided by parents or guardians outside a conventional school setting, usually in the home or community-based environments [1][2][3]. It involves planned teaching and learning activities organized by the family, either independently or with external resources such as tutors, online programs, learning groups, or curriculum materials [2][3]. Home education is characterized by parental responsibility for instructional decisions, pace, and learning context, while remaining subject to legal and regulatory requirements in the relevant jurisdiction. As a concept, it refers to family-directed formal education as an alternative to school-based attendance, rather than temporary home study assigned by schools [1][2][3].

home education homeschooling parent-led learning alternative schooling

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  1. Brian D. Ray; A systematic review of the empirical research on selected aspects of homeschooling as a school choice. J. Sch. Choice 2017, 11, 604-621. [CrossRef]
  2. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Homeschooling in the United States: 2012 (NCES 2016-096REV); U.S. Department of Education: Washington, DC, 2016. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016096rev.pdf.
  3. UNESCO. Global Education Monitoring Report 2020: Inclusion and Education—All Means All; UNESCO: Paris, 2020. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373718.
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