Learning at home

Mail Tribune
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February 7, 2006

More families in Southern Oregon and around
the U.S. are turning to homeschooling
By Paris Achen
Mail Tribune

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February 7, 2006


Will Taft goes over his daughter Lilyís math studies in the living room of their Medford home Monday. The number of homeschooled children is increasing nationwide, according to a new report.
Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell
Learning at home

More families in Southern Oregon and around the U.S. are turning to homeschooling

By PARIS ACHEN
Mail Tribune

Instead of waiting on a bus and going to school, fifth-grader Lily Taft heads to her desk in her family’s living room.

She picks up a seventh-grade math book, reads a lesson and without any instructions from an adult, begins calculating math problems.

"I usually start at 9:30 a.m.," Lily said. "I do schoolwork in no particular order."

Her parents, Will Taft and Barbera Herzog-Taft of Medford, said they chose to homeschool Lily out of a desire to give her a better education than what they thought a public school could offer.