Homeschooling: Not Just For Hippies and Religious People Anymore

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Back in the 1970s, homeschooling was illegal in the U.S., but after activists of all stripes lobbied lawmakers, schooling kids at home has become a viable option for parents. And as more and more have chosen it, it's become more mainstream.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:31.0	Welcome to Steppie Should Know from How Stuff Works.com.
0:40.9	Hey, welcome to the podcast on Josh Clark.
0:43.1	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Noelle's with us again, which means it's Steppie Should Know.
0:50.1	So we can still have a clip.
0:51.8	I did.
0:52.8	That would have been good for the clip diving episode.
0:54.8	Oh, man.
0:55.8	That was interesting.
0:57.3	You have parents, Chuck, who were both educators.
1:03.2	Yeah.
1:04.2	Right?
1:05.2	Sure.
1:06.2	Dad, Principal, Mom, Teacher.
1:07.8	And I was wondering while I was researching this because we were talking about homeschool
1:11.5	the day I wasn't homeschooled.
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