What is homeschooling?

• A. When a child is educated at home rather than at school.
• B. Education in a private school with paid tuition.
• C. Education delivered exclusively online with no in-person contact.
• D. A government program providing home visits for assessment.

Answer: (A)

Homeschooling is education that takes place at home rather than in a traditional school, usually led by parents or guardians with support from tutors or online resources. The key idea is that the family is responsible for delivering and arranging the curriculum, rather than sending the child to a school building.

This distinguishes it from private schooling, which is still a school setting even though the family pays tuition. It also isn’t defined by being online-only distance learning, since homeschooling can include various methods and materials used at home, with parental direction. And it isn’t a government program with home visits for assessment, which describes a state-led arrangement rather than family-led home education.

So the description that a child is educated at home rather than at school captures the essence of homeschooling.