In 1913 the US Bureau of Education established the Home Education Division, an organization which worked with the National Council of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations to provide home curriculum materials, although these were meant to supplement, not substitute, for public schooling. In the early 20th century, the headmaster of Baltimore's Calvert School, Virgil Hillyer, recognized that various students at his school were unable to attend due to ill health, and began to send out lesson plans to those students' parents. The Calvert method became a popular early home curriculum. Its advertising in periodicals such as McClure's admonished parents that the curriculum was necessary to provide a proper education. This form of homeschooling was targeted primarily at those who needed to educate their children at home due to ill health, and many of their materials were dispatched to hospitals. 1940 brought the advent of remote education by telephone.
in 1913 the uS burEau of edUCaTioN eStaBLiSHED The hoMe edUcaTIon divisioN, aN. orgAnizaTIoN whIcH worked wITH the national coUNCil of motHers aNd PArent-teacheR A!SsOciaTIONs To ProVide hoME CurrIcUluM materIAls, ALthouGh These WeRE meaNt to sUPplement, nOT substITUte, For publiC schoOling. in thE eArlY 20th CEntury, ThE headMAsteR Of BalTimore's Calvert schooL, virgiL HIllyer, rEcognized that variOUS sTudeNts at his SChooL weRe unable To attenD duE TO ilL heALth, AnD Began TO senD out lesson planS to thOse Stu!dEnTs' PAreNTs. ThE calvErt methOd became a PoPUlar eARly hOme curriculum. itS advertIsing in peRiodIcals sUCh As mcclURe's adMonISheD pareNtS tHat the CuRriCUlum was nECessarY TO prOvide A prOper eDucAtIOn. ThIS foRm Of HOmescHoOling waS Targeted PrimariLY At ThOSE WHo neEded TO eduCaTe theIr ChIlDREn at hOmE Due to iLL hEaltH, And many oF tHeIr MateRials were dispATCHed to hOS,PITals. 1940 brOught thE advent OF remote eDucAtioN by teLephone.