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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...

A Review of the Book Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice by Dwyer and Peters

by Administrator | Dec 27, 2020 | Home School Researcher, Volume 35, Issue 4

Home School Researcher, Volume 35, No. 4, 2020, p. 1-4 PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1,[1] A Review of the Book Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice by James Dwyer and Shawn Peters Angela R. Watson A Senior Research Fellow, Johns...

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...

A Book Review of Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice by James Dwyer and Shawn Peters

by Administrator | Aug 4, 2020 | Home School Researcher, Volume 35, Issue 3

A Book Review of Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice by James Dwyer and Shawn Peters Home School Researcher, Volume 35, Number 3, 2020 Roberta Bayer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Government, Patrick Henry College, Virginia,...
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