22 Celebrity Parents Who Homeschool Their Kids

Two of the former TLC stars' kids, Alexis and Collin, reportedly got expelled from their public school, which led to them being homeschooled at one point in time. Though five of the six sextuplets now go to traditional schools, Collin Gosselin, who has special needs, is still in a treatment facility away from his siblings.

Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith are pretty open about their parenting philosophies, and homeschooling is no different. The couple opted to homeschool their son and daughter, Jaden and Willow (Will also has a son Trey from a previous relationship) when they were younger because, as Jada told Essence magazine at the time, she wanted their children to "learn" and not just "memorize." They reportedly were homeschooled with a group of eight or nine other kids.

When Kris Jenner and former partner Caitlyn Jenner were still married, they made the mutual decision around 2013 to let their youngest daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, finish out their educations via homeschool. (Their careers were getting too busy!) We later watched the sisters graduate and proudly get their high school diplomas on an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

The former Teen Mom OG star made the decision to homeschool her daughter Sophia so she could attend more press events with her reality star mama and focus on her modeling career. By the way, Sophia is 9.

Though her and husband David Eason's younger kids are enrolled in traditional schools, Jenelle Evans revealed that she is now homeschooling her 11-year-old stepdaughter Maryssa. Allegedly, she's qualified since in the state of North Carolina, all that is required to homeschool a child is a high school diploma.

Mayim Bialik and her husband choose to teach their two sons at home. She's said she doesn't believe in the "unschooling" approach to education and shared a video defending her decision to homeschool, saying her sons are just as socialized and smart as children in more traditional schooling situations.

Suri Cruise's parents, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, may have disagreed on a lot of things (Scientology much?), but schooling wasn't one of them. The then-couple hired a teacher to homeschool Suri -- in part due to their busy shooting schedules, and in part because they liked her getting one-on-one attention while learning.

Clearly, Tom Cruise has a thing for homeschooling. His two older kids with ex-wife Nicole Kidman, Connor and Isabella, were homeschooled, as well and reportedly taught by his sister.

In 2016, Jennifer Lopez admitted she sometimes homeschools her twins, Max and Emme, now 10, if and when needed. "We don't have a normal life, I don't have normal kids," the celebrity mom once confessed.

"... They are super happy, well-adjusted, loving, caring kids, and that’s the most important thing. We'll get them educated -- homeschool is great for them, when we have to do it. The most important thing is that they’re with their mom -- that they don't feel abandoned by a parent."

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Singer-turned-doula Erykah Badu homeschooled her son Seven Sirius through kindergarten and first grade. She said at the time she felt it gave him an "advantage" academically.

The Brangelina brood is as diverse as they get, so why should they go to school like regular kids? In 2017, Angelina revealed that she and her then-husband Brad Pitt opted to teach their six kids at home because "they are from around the world" and she "didn't want them to have the same education I had when it came to Vietnam or Cambodia."

Blue Ivy reportedly goes to a traditional school (albeit an expensive one), but her mama, Beyonce, was homeschooled up until ninth grade, the celeb mom revealed in her autobiography. This gave her more time to work on her singing career, which took off in her late teens.

John and Kelly reportedly homeschooled their son, Jett, who died in 2009. They also homeschooled their daughter, Ella.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star began homeschooling her teenage daughter, Noelle, in 2012, due to social issues she was having at school. She wrote on her Bravo blog at the time that her daughter was not "flourishing" in the school environment and noticed her personality shifting from confident and outgoing to quiet and sad, hence the decision to homeschool.

The couple, which has since "consciously uncoupled," made headlines in 2011 after an ad they put out for a tutor for their children, Apple and Moses, made the rounds online. Gwyneth and Chris reportedly wanted to hire someone who'd teach their kids French, Greek, and Latin, among other subjects -- for a whopping $100K!

The King of Pop's two oldest kids, Prince and Paris Jackson, were homeschooled for the first few years. They eventually enrolled in an elite private school at ages 12 and 13 for "socialization" purposes. Their younger brother, Blanket, was also homeschooled for several years.

Anyone who's watched 19 Kids & Counting -- or Counting On -- knows that Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar homeschooled all 19 of their children. Many of their grandkids, including Jill (Duggar) Dillard's two boys, are homeschooled as well.

From homebirths to homeschooling, James Van Der Beek and his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, take the nontraditional approach to parenting. Kimberly homeschools their four kids, and we assume their fifth child, baby girl Gwendolyn, will join her siblings when she's old enough!

Lisa Whelchel, known for her role as Blair on The Facts of Life, is a born-again Christian -- and an advocate of homeschooling. The mom of three has even written numerous books on the subject.

In 2012, Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy and Sharon, said that he and his then-wife planned on homeschooling their daughter Pearl because he thought "the schools in L.A. are terrible" and they didn't want to spend money on private school. "I'd rather hire a teacher who can travel with us," the celeb dad confessed. It's unclear if the now single dad of three girls still homeschools the little ones.

In 2015, it was reported actress Emma Thompson withdrew her 15-year-old daughter from school to be educated at home after the teen "complained that she does not enjoy formal education."

Hey, if it works for her, it works for us.

Richard Williams, the father to tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams, homeschooled his athletically inclined daughters from elementary school to high school so they'd have more time to work on their game.

We'd say that was a good move!