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. | Mar 18, 2022 | Research
Homeschool Abuse and Neglect Research: How Many Homeschooled Kids Are Abused? Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. National Home Education Research Institute July 11, 2025 (first edition, March 18, 2022) While many positive research findings have been associated with homeschooling,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Administrator | May 4, 2020 | Research, Volume 35, Issue 2
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-k9t86ja6′ admin_preview_bg=”] Marilynne Robinson and My...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Mar 6, 2020 | Research
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by Administrator | Dec 31, 2019 | Home School Researcher, Volume 35, Issue 1
Homeschool Support Groups: A Model for Parental Involvement in Education Home School Researcher, Volume 35, No. 1, 2019, p. 1-9 Mary L. Morse Assistant Professor of Educational Research, Department of Leadership, Research, and School Improvement, University of West...
