Families: Home-School Report Card

Parents are teachers for a million kids. But does home schooling work?

Ben Allison, 27, of Hosmer, S.D., recently landed an associate's job at the prestigious New York City law firm of Dewey Ballantine. It was something of a surprise, since, although he was editor of law review at Notre Dame, for most of his education, Allison didn't go to school--at least not to a formal one. Neither did Tad Heuer, 22, of Holliston, Mass., who won a Marshall Scholarship to the London School of Economics following his graduation from Brown University.

For those parents who are considering home schooling as an alternative to America's often politicized and sometimes dangerous public and...

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