HOMESCHOOLING | Pioneers Deserve Thanks for Efforts

Posted by Ina Woolcott

The Washington Times, Michael Smith Sunday, July 6, 2008

As America celebrates its 229th year of freedom as a nation, a revolution within our nation continues to grow. The home-school movement, which is a rebirth of the primary form of education in early America, continues to advance despite overwhelming odds. The modern home-school movement traces its roots to the late '70s and early '80s when two main ideas began to revive the method of education our forefathers practiced. First was a belief that the traditional classroom and institutional school, as a whole, was inadequate to meet the individual educational needs of children, and in some cases may actually harm a child's development.

Two men are credited with giving energy and expression to this idea - John Holt and Raymond Moore.

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