Does home schooling make kids more politically tolerant?

A new study has some surprising findings

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When it comes to home schooling, the term "politically tolerant" usually doesn't spring to mind. Even while the home schooling phenomenon continues to grow and diversify in the United States, the image of conservative Christian home schoolers as either Machiavellian partisans or reclusive fundamentalists still holds considerable sway in broader society.

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