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...
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...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 18, 2022 | Research
InHomeschool Abuse and Neglect Research: How Many Homeschooled Kids Are Abused? Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. National Home Education Research Institute April 23, 2025 (first edition, March 18, 2022) While many positive research findings have been associated with homeschooling,...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 16, 2022 | Research
Wretchedly, news stories, anecdotes, and research regarding school teachers and other school personnel doing evil things to students and children have become too common in the United States.[i],[ii] News stories, government data, and research reports on parents...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Feb 2, 2022 | Research
Introduction A fascinating study just came out. Scholars Ying Chen, Christina Hinton, and Tyler VanderWeele (2021) published their work, “School types in adolescence and subsequent health and well-being in young adulthood: An outcome-wide analysis.” In it, they...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Sep 9, 2021 | Research
Copyright © by National Home Education Research Institute [Also, see the new population size estimate for 2021-2022] Abstract The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2020-2021 academic school year. The...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 23, 2021 | NHERI News
The Context More empirical evidence shows that homeschooling doubled in the United States during the government pandemic lockdowns. The growth occurred from the 2019-2020 institutional school year to the 2020-2021 year, to perhaps as many as 5 million school-age...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Sep 9, 2020 | NHERI News
Comparing Two Forms of Public Schooling: What Relevance to Homeschooling? The Context A recently published study compared the academic achievement of government-run public correspondence school students and government-run public conventional school students in Alaska...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Aug 21, 2020 | NHERI News
Big Growth in Homeschooling Indicated This “School Year” The Context for Big Growth in Homeschooling Indicated Homeschooling has been gradually and notably growing for decades, but new evidence points to big growth in homeschooling being indicated for this “school...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 17, 2020 | NHERI News
Dr. Brian Ray was on the MSNBC show on Sunday. His words might encourage you. Dr. Brian Ray on MSNBC, July 12, 2020 On Sunday (July 12), MSNBC interviewed me on one of their shows. Check it out. The host asks, “What is the biggest mistake that new homeschool parents...
