Eric Wearne Assistant Professor, School of Education, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, ewearne@ggc.edu Abstract University-Model Schools® (UMS) typically hold classes 2-3 days per week, with students working from home using teacher-defined lessons the rest of the week. This study reports parents’ stated preferences regarding why they specifically chose UMS for their children. Parents from ten […]
Homeschooling Growth Nationwide: Multiple Data Points Indicate a Continued Increase through 2016 PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon Keywords: homeschooling, home schooling, home education, home-based education, population size, demographics, research, statistics, school choice research, private schools. Is the homeschool population and movement growing, or not? Is it […]
G. S. Arruda Licentiate in Pedagogy at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), joao.guilherme.arruda@bol.com.br S. Paiva Licentiate in Pedagogy at the University Center Plínio Leite (UNIPLI), fspv@bol.com.br Abstract This article intends to expand the debate about homeschooling in Brazil, presenting an overview of this new reality in the […]
Myra B. Lovett Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Louisiana at Monroe, mlovett@ulm.edu Timothy G. Ford Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma, tgford@ou.edu Abstract Using Weick’s (1995) sensemaking theory and a phenomenological approach, the researchers sought to investigate the process by which parents choose non-public education. The […]
Comments on “Parental Influence on the Cardiovascular Health and Body Composition of Homeschool Children” by Wachob and Alman PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon Recent research has established factors that have a bearing on the health status of children. These include environmental and parental influence. Researchers […]
Jennifer Locraft Cuddapah and Christy Danko Graybeal Associate Professors, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, cuddapah@hood.edu and graybeal@hood.edu Abstract Although teacher educators often lament that teachers teach as they were taught, it is commonly assumed that future teachers of mathematics have had experience as students in typical mathematics classrooms. Yet, not all future teachers have had […]
Despising Private Home-Based Homeschooling Education and Contorting Rights: A Review of Robin West’s “A Tale of Two Rights” PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon A person must read what certain academics professors write to grasp the full animus that some people have against parents directing the […]
Laura J. Lee Center for Research in Educational Policy; The University of Memphis, laurajlee73@gmail.com* Abstract Six homeschooled adolescents, who were previously enrolled in a Mid-South city’s public school gifted programs, share their experiences in this qualitative study. Although the participants received some differentiated education services in school, their parents felt the accommodations were inadequate for […]
Homeschooling for Talent Development in Gifted Students PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 Cindy M. Felso Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia, cindfel@mail.regent.edu Abstract Many options for gifted education remain rooted in research stemming from the early 1900s and share a common view of giftedness as a somewhat static concept. Recently, another framework for gifted education […]
Letitia (Tish) Walters David P. Daves The University of Southern Mississippi, tish1w@gmail.com Abstract This study examined the factors influencing parental selection of homeschooling approaches for their children. Factors explored were parental motivators for selecting homeschooling approaches, and parental reasons for choosing to homeschooling. The population consisted of a sample size (n = 228) that […]