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Children are educated in private schools or in the home
Grammar schools are available in many larger towns, but attendence is not forced. Parents had the right to choose and it wasn’t questioned! -
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Home Schooling in America
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MA first state to passed law for compulsory education
MA first state to passed law for compulsory education with Horace Mann help -
Compulsory Education
Compulsory education attendence laws now enacted in all 50 states -
John Holt - April 14, 1923, New York City - September 14, 1985
Unschooling was made popular by John Holt’s theories on learning developed during 1950s-70s -
The beginning of the modern homeschool method
Ray and Dorothy Moore began questioning and researching the how valid early childhood education really was. Published the Book called, "Better Late Than Early" in 1975, -
Home School Legal Defense Asssciation founded
A nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. -
Homeschooling legalized in all states
By 1989, there were only three states where home education was still a crime. Iowa, North Dakota, and Michigan were the last home school holdouts. The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled against home schoolers seven times before 1989, when the "Bismarck Tea Party" persuaded the legislature to change the law. -
Rebecca Sealfon, won 70th Annual Spelling Bee
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Sealfon of Brooklyn, New York, brought new attention to the growing phenomenon of homeschooling when she became the first homeschooled child to win the National Spelling Bee. She was one of 17 homeschooled students among 245 competitors in the 70th annual bee, held in May 1997. -
Patrick Henry College - opened with 92 homeschooled christian students
a private, independent college with an Evangelical Christian basis that focuses on teaching classical liberal arts and government, located in Purcellville, Virginia, United States -
Number of Students Homeschooled
In 2007, the number of homeschooled students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003, reported by the National Center for Education Statistics
