Homeschooling: National Tragedy or Individual Triumph? Aldous Huxley envisioned a future in which parents and children were totally disconnected. In Brave New World, children were conceived in test tubes and raised only by state employees, guardians who took care of their physical and educational needs, molded them into ideal little citizens, and socialized them just like that. Many believe that society has evolved into a place where anything goes, where moral relativity reigns, and where the state extends its long arms into homes, seeking to repair the damage it perceives parents are doing to their children. The result is a movement that has grown over the years, aimed in part at returning responsibility for education to parents. More and more parents are withdrawing their children from the public school system for various reasons and bringing them home for their education.HistoryHomeschooling is home schooling in which parents usually assume responsibility for teaching their children . This is not a new phenomenon. Many argue that public schools are a new phenomenon when viewed through the lens of history. (Dobson, 2000) Many figures in history received their education at home: Alexander the Great, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain, to name a few. name just a few. (Jones, 2004) It was not until the early 20th century, as America evolved into an industrial society, that many states instituted compulsory attendance laws, beginning with Massachusetts, which significantly reduces the number of children schooled at home. (Jones, 2004) The late 1950s, however, marked the beginning of an era... middle of paper ... of peractivity disorder. Journal of Educational Psychology, 33(1), 140-158. Homeschool Legal Defense Association. (March 11, 2009). Retrieved March 11, 2009 from Home School Legal Defense Association: http://www.hslda.org/about/mission.aspJones, P. &. (2004). Perceptions and attitudes toward homeschooled students. Journal of College Admissions, Fall, 12-21. Princiotta, D.B. (2004). 1.1 million homeschooled students in the United States in 1999. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Romanowski, M. (2006). Revisiting common myths about homeschooling. The Clearing House, 79 (3), 125-131. Sheehan, M. (2002). Dancing with Monica: Personal Perceptions of a Homeschooling Mom. Roeper Review, 24 (4), p. 191. Yurako, K. (2008). Off-grid Education: Constitutional Constraints on Homeschooling.California Law Review , 96 (123), 123-183.