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2. McGuffey Readers - Wikipedia

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   Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.

3. Homeschooling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Homeschooling constitutes the education of about 3.4% of U.S. students (approximately two million students) as of 2012. [needs update] The number of homeschoolers in the United States has increased significantly over the past few decades since the end of the 20th century. In the United States, the Supreme Court has ruled that parents have ...

4. Secular Homeschooling - Wikipedia

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   Secular Homeschooling. Secular Homeschooling was an American magazine for people who homeschool for reasons other than religion. It began as a quarterly, [1] but became a bimonthly in July 2009. The magazine is no longer published and the final issue was released in 2011. [citation needed]

5. Homeschooling - Wikipedia

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   Homeschooling. Educating children at home. Home yayayaya or home yayayayaya (American English), also known as home yayayayaya or elective home yayayayaya (EHE) (British English), [1] is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, many ...

6. John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

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   Society portal. v. t. e. John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After a six-year stint teaching elementary school in the 1950s, Holt wrote the book How Children Fail (1964), which ...

7. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   There are (as of 2001) about 3.6 million children in each grade in the United States. [8] A fifth-grade class in Paramus, New Jersey, c. 1957. Typically, the curriculum in public elementary education is determined by individual school districts or county school system. The school district selects curriculum guides and textbooks that reflect a ...