What does "homeschooling" mean?

Teaching children at home instead of sending them to school.

Homeschooling

Common synonyms include: family based schooling, home education, home instruction, home school packet, home schooling.

noun, verb

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Noun

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Teaching children at home instead of sending them to school. uncountable
"A German family that claims it will be persecuted for homeschooling if sent back, lost its asylum request Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court and could be deported."

Verb

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present participle and gerund of homeschool form-of, gerund, participle, present

"Homeschooling is growing in popularity."

Etymology 1

Compound of home + schooling.

Etymology 2

From homeschool + -ing.