In Italy the practice of withdrawing children from schools to educate them at home is called parental education, although many use the Anglo-Saxon term home schooling. The phenomenon is growing: in the 2020-2021 school year, more than 15,300 Italian pupils were educated by their parents, a significant increase from the approximately 5,100 in 2018-2019, although it remains an absolutely minority choice, especially considering the 8.5 million pupils in Italy's state schools. COVID-19-era school closures will certainly have had an impact, but the trend continues. It is just in the last few days that the National Association of Principals (ANP) has reported an increase in requests for advice on the issue from school leaders. There is also an explosion of interest in parental teaching in the United States, which has been by far the fastest-growing form of education for the past few years.
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