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...

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...

Homeschooling and Taking Kids to Church Matter More for Life, Study Suggests

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Feb 2, 2022 | Research

Introduction A fascinating study just came out. Scholars Ying Chen, Christina Hinton, and Tyler VanderWeele (2021) published their work, “School types in adolescence and subsequent health and well-being in young adulthood: An outcome-wide analysis.” In it, they...

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...

How Many Homeschool Students Are There in the United States? Pre-Covid-19 and Post-Covid-19: New Data

by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Sep 9, 2021 | Research

Copyright © by National Home Education Research Institute [Also, see the new population size estimate for 2021-2022] Abstract The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2020-2021 academic school year. The...

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,...

Homeschooling Doubles in the United States During Government Pandemic Lockdowns: Evidence That State Policies Cause Homeschool Growth

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...

Seeing Ourselves Rightly: Analyzing Spiritual Self-Awareness in Flannery O’Connor’s Fiction as Literature Pedagogy for Moral Instruction

by Administrator | Dec 28, 2020 | Home School Researcher, Volume 36, Issue 1

Home School Researcher, Volume 36, No. 1, 2020, p. 1-10 PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1,[1] Rebecca Filipek North Dakota, refilipek@gmail.com    PDF download Abstract Homeschool teachers and mothers are thoroughly invested in the moral formation of their...