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Home-based learning

Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cut-throat market

Estella, 14, a homeschooled student, attends a Spanish class in her home in Shanghai.
Estella, 14, a homeschooled student, attends a Spanish class in her home in Shanghai.

Why American parents are abandoning public schools

Public school enrolment in the US has plunged by more than a million students in just four years, the steepest decline in decades.
Public school enrolment in the US has plunged by more than a million students in just four years, the steepest decline in decades.

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