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Home for School - Associated Press

A leading advocate of home schooling says 1 million to 2 million children, representing 2 percent to 4 percent of all U.S. schoolchildren, are taught at home. The latest government numbers, from 1999, put the total at 850,000. But Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute contends the federal figure is low because some home-schooled students don't report themselves. The easy availability of learning materials -- from teach-yourself textbooks to online courses and distance-learning degrees -- has helped broaden the appeal of home schooling. Companies that cater to at-home learners also attest to the boom.

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