Discuss the prevalence of home schooling and the reasons why parents would choose to educate their children at home

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While most home-schoolers view home schooling as an opportunity to provide their children with a curriculum based on religious values, "a new breed of home-schooler is emerging, motivated not by religious doctrine but by more practical concerns ranging from school violence to poor academic quality to overzealous peer pressure." Estimates on the number of school-age children being taught at home vary between half a million and two million students.

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