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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...

Deciding Not to School Children: A Socio-Economic Profiling of Education Without School in Colombia

by Administrator | Oct 13, 2022 | Home School Researcher, Volume 36, Issue 2

Home School Researcher       Volume 36 No. 2, 2022, p. 1-10 PDF click here Erwin Fabián García López Coordinator, Action Research Initiative on Alternative Education, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia,...

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...

Beating a Dead Horse: Why Socialization is an Insignificant Issue for Homeschooling

by Administrator | Jul 8, 2022 | Home School Researcher, Research, Volume 37, Issue 4

PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 Home School Researcher     Volume 37, No. 4, 2022, p. 11-13 PDF click here Douglas J. Pietersma  Director, Homestead Homeschool Cooperative, Cheyenne, Wyoming, douglas@altametallc.com Keywords: home...

Homeschooling During COVID-19: Lessons Learned from a Year of Homeschool Education 

by Administrator | Mar 5, 2022 | Home School Researcher, Research, Volume 37, Issue 1

Home School Researcher, Volume 37 No. 1, 2021, p. 1-10 Elizabeth Lapon Assistant Professor of Education, Franklin Pierce University, Sudbury, Massachusetts, lapone@franklinpierce.edu Abstract The purpose of this autoethnographic study is to describe certain ways in...

The Kids are Alright I: Social Engagement in Young Adulthood as a Function of K-12 Schooling Type

by Administrator | Mar 5, 2022 | Home School Researcher, Research, Volume 36, Issue 4

Home School Researcher, Volume 36 No. 4, 2021*, p. 1-7, (* This issue was originally scheduled to be published in 2020.) Jillene Grover Seiver and Elisa A. Pope Department of Psychology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, jseiver@ewu.edu Abstract A...

The Feminist Art Homeschooler

by Administrator | Sep 14, 2021 | Home School Researcher, Research, Volume 36, Issue 3

Home School Researcher, Volume 36, No. 3, 2021*, p. 1-5 (* This issue was originally scheduled to be published in 2020.) Zena Tredinnick-Kirby Pennsylvania State University, zmk4@psu.edu PDF download Abstract The discourse of feminism, modern homeschooling, and an...

Child Abuse in Public Schooling, Private Schooling, and Homeschooling: A New Study and Past Research

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...

Post-Pandemic Future of Homeschooling Series: Free and Open Online Scholarly Presentations

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,...
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