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''Answer for [[ Questions & Answers for the future of Secondary Education in 2020]]''<br>
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Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home rather than in a public or private school. Prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws in the 19th century, most childhood education worldwide occurred within the family or community, with only a small portion of the population attending schools or employing tutors. Recently, due to the rise of technology and especially in the area of telecommunications, this concept may be applied much more efficiently and easily, reducing also the high cost. But the effects of homeschooling could be negative in several categories: academic quality and completeness; reduced funding for public schools; lack of socialization with peers of different ethnic and religious backgrounds; fear of religious or social extremism; that home school curricula often exclude critical subjects; that parents are sheltering their children, or denying them opportunities that are their right, or providing an unfair advantage over students whose parents lack the time or money to home school. However Gallup polls of American voters have shown a significant change in attitude in the last twenty years, from 73% opposed to home education in 1985 to 54% opposed in 2001.