by admin | Aug 5, 2025 | NHERI News
Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) Brian D. Ray presented this paper for the first time at the International School Choice and Reform Conference ISCRC held during January 16-20, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Abstract This...
by Douglas Pietersma | Jun 11, 2025 | NHERI News
by Douglas Pietersma, Ed.D. Background The authors from the University of Doha in Doha, Qatar (Eldeeb, Diab, Yusr, & Qadhi, 2024) set out to review multiple studies dealing with home education. Their intent was to conduct a meta-analysis of existing studies to...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 16, 2025 | NHERI News
A review by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. Consider donating/supporting NHERI today It is an important and emotional topic and the title is catchy but this paper in a scholarly journal adds close to nothing to the relevant body of scientific knowledge. Further, the authors...
by admin | Dec 20, 2024 | NHERI News
Here are some tried and true ways to explore homeschooling and to get started at it, or keep going at it with your children. The groups below will help you find support in your state and local area, decide how to choose an approach and philosophy to home education,...
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...
by Administrator | Jul 7, 2021 | NHERI News
The Context One new study and a review of previous work offer new insights on abuse and neglect of children in public schools, private schools, and homeschooling. Various scholars and others have claimed that either homeschool children are at more risk than other...
by Administrator | May 26, 2021 | NHERI News
The Context The number of families practicing homeschooling has exploded during the past year. Recent data from the United States Census Bureau and several state governments show that homeschooling continued growing from spring of 2019 to spring of 2020. Then,...
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 admin | Nov 17, 2020 | NHERI News
Celebrating 30 Years of Research on Homeschooling Download a PDF of our 30th Anniversary Booklet Download Now! It’s NHERI’s 30th Anniversary! Thirty years ago some fore-thinkers and status-quo changers got together and founded the nonprofit National Home Education...
by Administrator | Oct 23, 2020 | NHERI News
by Seann Dikkers, Ph.D. Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators (MACHE) An article entitled “Home-schooled kids costing local boards $”recently posted (Oct 20, 2020).[i] The piece was sent to me by a friend as another example of a curious...
