home-school

A form of homeschool — To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.

Meanings

verbhome-school (third-person singular simple present home-schools, present participle home-schooling, simple past and past participle home-schooled)

present singular third person home-schools · participle present home-schooling · participle past home-schooled · past home-schooled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of homeschool.

    Beth DeRoos, who home-schooled her son for 17 years, said the method isn’t for everybody.

    1984 November 6, Amanda Covarrubias, “When the classroom is your living room […]”, in The Tribune, metro final edition, volume 111, number 311, Oakland, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A-11, column 1
    3 more examples

    One CCSS participant is Norma Reece, who home-schooled her second- and fourth-grade sons last year.

    1984 April 6, Jim Campbell, “School at home: State allows an experiment”, in Bremerton Sun, volume 84, number 314, Bremerton, Wash., →OCLC, page 13, column 6

    The governor got some advice in that effort from Lora Matthews of Rock Hill, who home-schools her two sons, Pierce and Ian, and wonders why her family doesn’t get a tax break.

    2007 November 14, Matt Garfield, “Sanford seeks local ‘pearls of wisdom’ […]”, in The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., →OCLC, page 1A, column 6

    As the government considers a phased reopening of schools, let’s hear it for parents who’ve toughed it out home-schooling their children.

    2020 May 2, Barbara Ellen, “Home schooling is tough, but parents are doing a fraction of teachers' jobs”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2020
nounhome-school (countable and uncountable, plural home-schools)

plural home-schools

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of homeschool.

    FORT HILL, a home-school for boys.

    1884 August 18, “Instruction”, in New-York Tribune, volume XLIV, number 13,791, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 3
    2 more examples

    A CAMBRIDGE M.A. has THREE VACANCIES in his most successful HOME-SCHOOL for BOYS, standing in its own grounds.

    1891 March 21, “Educational”, in The Times, number 33,278, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 6

    HERE are seen some members of the Children’s Home family. Their merry faces give some idea of how happy they are in that big home-school.

    1924 August 9, “Saturday Morning Cooking Lesson Is ‘Pie’ for the Children […]”, in The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, home edition, volume XXXV, number 192, Winnipeg, Man., →OCLC, Fiction and Features section, page 3, column 4
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