Amazon.com description: Product Description: In the 1970s, a new movement in pedagogy and education saw its beginnings -- homeschooling began growing as some authors and researchers started to cover educational reform in their writings. Among them were John Hold and Dorothy and Raymond Moore, all popular homeschooling proponents, who suggested this as an alternative to the official educational system. A decision to educate children at home instead of sending them to a public or private school is made for a variety of reasons, including religious beliefs, educational philosophies or dissatisfaction with traditional educational options at hand. Nowadays, there are more than 2 million children being home schooled in the U.S., and according to the same data collected by the National Home Education Research Institute, the percentage is rapidly increasing by 7% to 15% each year. Many see homeschooling as taking charge of their children’s education, learning progress and social encounters. Also, part of the belief that parents look upon is that one-on-one studying produces the best results. Fifty states recognize homeschooling as legal while it was shown that home schooled children consistently score highly on standardized tests.