The typical kindergarten homeschool curriculum for reading is phonics-based. After decades of observing public school experiments with whole-language reading instruction and the subsequent drop in literacy rates, most homeschool families turn to traditional phonics for reading instruction.
Social exclusion (also referred to as marginalisation) is a concept used in many parts of the world to characterise contemporary forms of social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society.
Wiktionary (2.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: social stigma (Noun). A severe social disapproval with a person on the grounds of a particular characteristic which distinguishes them from others in society, e.g. mental illness or physical disability.