NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Green, Christa L.; Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen V. – Education and Urban Society, 2007
Although homeschooling is growing in popularity in the United States, little systematic research has focused on this population. Grounded in the parental involvement literature, this study examines why parents decide to home-school. Parents of 136 homeschooled elementary children completed questionnaires assessing constructs derived from the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Parent School Relationship, Home Schooling, Parent Participation
Tice, Peter; Chapman, Christopher; Princiotta, Daniel; Bielick, Stacey – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
Opportunities for school choice in the United States have expanded since the 1990s. This report uses data from the National Household Surveys Program (NHES) to present trends that focus on the use of and users of public schools (assigned and chosen), private schools (church-and nonchurch-related), and homeschoolers between 1993 and 2003. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Enrollment Trends, Public Schools, Private Schools