homeschool

homeschool
home·school or home-school (hōmʹsko͞olʹ) v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools v. tr.
To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.
v. intr.
To provide educational instruction in a homeschool.
n.
A school operated outside established educational institutions, especially in a home.
  homeʹschoolʹer n.

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