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Topic: Homeschooling

First Lady Melania Trump is accompanied at the White House by Figure 03, a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why MAGA fears human teachers

Amanda Marcotte
Tired stressed new mother at home (Getty Images/kieferpix)

"College was called 'Babylon'"

Amanda Marcotte
The Duggar family visits "Extra" at their New York studios at H&M in Times Square on March 11, 2014 in New York City. (D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Extra)

Shiny happy abusive homeschooling

Eve Ettinger
Kirk Cameron (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kirk Cameron vs public school "grooming"

Joy Saha
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This photo taken May 8, 2014 shows Mark Matulaitis working on his laptop that he uses for virtual house calls with his neurologist in his home in Salisbury, Md. Matulaitis has had Parkinson's disease since 2011 and sees a neurologist at the University of Rochester via his laptop and special Skype-like software. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Teaching across an abyss of silence

Belle Chesler - TomDispatch.com
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Homeschooling advocates see opportunity

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute
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Parents choose to "unschool" their kids

Eleanor J. Bader - Truthout
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The perspective on homeschooling

Malke Khutoretsky - The Perspective
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Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform (AP/Yuri Gripas)

Norquist has the vapers

Simon Maloy

Home-schooling beyond Duggars

Kate Tuttle - DAME
(Reuters/Brian Frank)

Jenny Kutner
Jim Bob Duggar, Michelle Duggar (Fox News)

Jenny Kutner
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The Duggar family (Beth Hall/Discovery)

"It's literal rape culture"

Jenny Kutner
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"My 11-year-old couldn't read"

Kristin Rawls - Alternet
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