These groups offer advice and information and hold conferences at which families who school at home discuss legal, philosophical, and teaching issues. Parents can also find guidance in books, magazines, and newsletters. This brochure's companion piece, Homeschooling Resources for Parents and Students , lists materials and Internet resources that cover a wide range of homeschooling issues. Some school districts have established centers at which families may enroll in classes or obtain resources and instructional support. Such arrangements are called shared schooling, dual enrollment, or assisted homeschooling.
Some districts also allow homeschoolers to attend public school part-time.
Many private schools, some public schools, and the state of Alaska provide homeschoolers with texts, materials, and support. Homeschoolers also rely on libraries, museums, parks department programs, churches, civic associations, and other local institutions. There are many sources of information and resources available to homeschoolers, including libraries, local public schools and other educational institutions, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and other homeschoolers. Written by Patricia M. Lines, Senior Research Analyst, National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking and Management, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. The opinions expressed in this brochure do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Education.