USA’s Rising Homeschool Population: A Qualitative Phenomenology of Caregivers’ Rationalizations to Homeschool – Summary and Comments

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 23, 2024 | Research

Background There have been numerous attempts to determine the reasons why parents choose to home educate their children. A doctoral dissertation by Annora E. Gilliss contributes to the body of literature on this topic and attempts to answer this question utilizing an...

Would More State Control Over Homeschooling Reduce Child Abuse, Neglect, and Murder?

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jun 6, 2024 | Research

Context                            Various news and opinion media outlets occasionally claim that more government control (regulation) over private homeschooling would reduce the amount of child abuse, neglect, and murder (or fatalities) that occurs in the United...

Private Education Welfare: School Choice and Tax-Funded ESAs, Vouchers, and Refunds

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 25, 2024 | Research

 Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. National Home Education Research Institute April 25, 2024 Download PDF Abstract The School Choice discussion is about whether and how to expand the tax-funded education welfare system, including to private schools and homeschools. This article...

The Kids Are Alright: Part 2

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 14, 2024 | Research

A Review of a study by Jillene Seiver and Elisa Pope Context                             Consider donating/supporting NHERI today After roughly 40 years into the modern homeschool movement in the United States, scholars, friends of homeschool families, and the general...

Are the Kids Alright? Part 1

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Feb 13, 2024 | Research

A Review of a study by Jillene Seiver and Elisa Pope Context                             Consider donating/supporting NHERI...

Homeschooling Can Get Hurt if Definitions Do Not Matter

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | May 4, 2023 | Research

Please consider donating/supporting NHERI today Context Many new terms about education and schooling have been tossed around during the past five years: micro schools, pods, charter school at home, online schooling, and virtual schooling, and the list continues to...

Child Abuse and Neglect of the Homeschooled Versus the Conventionally Schooled: Groundbreaking Study

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2023 | Research

Context Professor Elizabeth Bartholet called for a ban of homeschooling just three years ago (2020). She called it a presumptive ban and based her proposed government regime on several claims regarding the negative impact and harm of homeschooling. The professor...

Homeschool Educators Perspectives about Student Needs within Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice: A Pilot Study

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 30, 2023 | NHERI News

Home School Researcher                  Volume 38, No. 2, 2022, p. 1-7 PDF click here (All tables and graphs are available in the PDF.) Susan L. Iliff Associate Professor, Department...

How Many Homeschool Students are there in the United States during the 2021-2022 School Year?

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Sep 15, 2022 | Research

Copyright © 2022 by Brian D. Ray Abstract The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2021-2022 academic school year. The estimate is derived by establishing the size of the nationwide school-age...

Does Homeschooling Improve Social Competencies and Creative Thinking among Children?

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Aug 11, 2022 | Research

Context Homeschooling has grown phenomenally during the past 30 years around the world, and especially during the past two years. For example, the number of home-educated children in grades K-12 in the United States grew from an estimated 2.65 million during 2019-2020...