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,...

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...

Child Abuse of Public School, Private School, and Homeschool Students: Evidence, Philosophy, and Reason, Revised

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...

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...

Children Do Not Exist to Fund School Systems’ Budgets: Homeschoolers Save Money for Taxpayers and Schools

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...

Comparing Two Forms of Public Schooling: What Relevance to Homeschooling?

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...

Big Growth in Homeschooling Indicated This “School Year”

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...

What is “Good” Research? A Homeschool Researcher Responds to Harvard Professor’s Criticism: Research Methods 101

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jun 24, 2020 | Research

What is “Good” Research? A Homeschool Researcher Responds to Harvard Professor’s Criticism: Research Methods 101 Brian D. Ray, Ph.D.* May 29, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by Brian D. Ray The purpose of this paper is to place in context and evaluate the efforts of...

Phenomenological Reflections on Endings in Parenting and Teaching

by Administrator | May 4, 2020 | Research, Volume 35, Issue 2

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What are the Pros and Cons of Homeschooling for Students Disrupted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 6, 2020 | Research

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