by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | NHERI News
What Research Says About Homeschooling and Academic Achievement Learner Outcomes Key Points: 63% of peer-reviewed studies on academic achievement show homeschool students perform statistically significantly better than those in institutional schools (Ray, 2017, 2023)....
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 Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Feb 18, 2025 | Research
What if you were told that adults who were long-term homeschooled (a) now live in lower income households than do the non-homeschooled and (b) that the long-termed homeschooled value hard work more than do the non-homeschooled? Or, that the long-term homeschooled (a)...
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 admin | Aug 14, 2024 | Research
A Journal Article by Cheryl Fields-Smith and Timberly L. Baker – Summary and Comments Background Fields-Smith and Baker (2023) identify a significant gap in the existing literature by focusing on the intersectionality of home education, Black families, and rural...
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...
by Administrator | Mar 25, 2024 | Home School Researcher, Research, Volume 38, Issue 4
PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments 1 Home School Researcher, Volume 38 No. 4, 2024, p. 13-18 Douglas J. Pietersma Editor, Home School Researcher, hsreditor@nheri.org Abstract In response the changing dynamics in the landscape of schooling and education, the need...
