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April 1988 Issue
April 1988 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The Rush to Deploy SDI
    Charles E. Bennett
  • The April Almanac
  • Notes: War Is Heck
    Cullen Murphy
  • The Far East: The Other Japan
    James Fallows
  • Education: Home Schooling
    Alfie Kohn
  • Notices Found in Various Journals Regarding the Life, Maps, & the Old West of Bill Rivers
    Fred Nadis

Education: Home Schooling

Parents who educate their children at home face little official opposition —but a very demanding responsibility

By Alfie Kohn
April 1988 Issue
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