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▪ I. home-school, a.2 Educ.
Brit. |ˈhəʊmˌskuːl|, U.S. |ˈhoʊmˌskul|
[‹ home school n. Compare earlier home-schooling adj.]
Designating or relating to home-schooling.
1981N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 66/2 A few parents appear to be thriving on the home-school arrangement. One mother said she ‘learned as much as her children did’. 1984Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 17 Dec. There is a growing home-school movement in this country. 1996F. Popcorn Clicking ii. 282 The Washington phone and fax lines were jammed with agitated home-school advocates. 2001Time 27 Aug. 49/3 William Bennett used to be the U.S. Secretary of Education, but today he travels the nation to preach the home-school gospel.
▪ II. home-school, v. Educ.
Brit. |ˈhəʊmˌskuːl|, U.S. |ˈhoʊmˌskul|
[‹ home n.1 + school v.1, after home school n. Compare earlier home-schooling n., home-schooling adj., home-schooler n.]
trans. To educate (a child, esp. one's own) in the home. Also intr.
1984Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 17/5, I home-schooled the children for six months,..until all three started school in September. 1992R. H. Limbaugh Way Things ought to Be xxv. 276 Parents are fed up and worried, so much so that many are now home-schooling their kids. 1997Christian Order Mar. 187 You don't have to be a qualified teacher to homeschool. 2001J. Franzen Corrections 49 My parents have always been my best friends. They homeschooled me till seventh grade. |