Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives (Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Education: The David C. Anchin Center Series)
Edition: 1st Ed edition
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: January 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780893917067
Subjects: Educational systems; Parent participation; General; Education / Teaching; Special Education - General; Education; Education / General; Home Schooling; Law and legislation; United States
First sentence: Home schooling, once a necessary mainstay of education on the American frontier, waned in the late 19th and early part of the 20th century, retreating before the drive for compulsory schooling and a public goal of seeing all children graduate from high school.