Two of the fastest growing sectors in K-12 education are public charter schools and home-based education. Why are they the fastest growing sectors? I suspect that there are many factors that come into play. However, I propose one important perspective that continues to grow in society, and that definitely speaks to the growth in these two areas.

"I never really told anybody about my music at school, only my really close friends," Cheyenne Kimball told People Magazine in 2006. "Then [school officials] actually aired the show around the whole entire school, and that caused a lot of problems. I was a straight-A student and all of a sudden I didn't want to go to school anymore because of the things people were saying.

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Homeschooling, also known as home education, is the education of children inside the home, as opposed to in the formal settings of a public or private school. Home education is usually conducted by a parent or tutor.

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