10/07/2026
Doing schoolwork at home and homeschooling are not automatically the same thing.
A child may spend every school day at the kitchen table and still be enrolled in an online public school, online charter school, hybrid program, or another school-directed program.
The easiest way to understand the difference is to stop focusing only on where the learning happens.
Instead, ask:
Who is the student enrolled with?
Who chooses the curriculum?
Who sets the requirements?
Who provides the academic direction and oversight?
If the school is still providing and directing the educational program, moving the student from a classroom to the kitchen table does not necessarily change who is responsible for the education.
Location and educational direction are two different things.
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