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Download full textFriedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2010
This publication presents the 2009-2010 edition of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's "ABCs of School Choice". The "ABCs of School Choice" provides the latest in up-to-date and accurate information about the many school choice success stories taking place throughout the country. Readers will find this guide an…
Descriptors: School Choice, Tax Credits, Tuition, Scholarships
Peer reviewedEllis, Kathleen – Educational Horizons, 2008
Cyber schools, also known as virtual schools, are noteworthy charter school developments that provide viable options for education. Charter schools in general and cyber charter schools in particular are not "revenue neutral" to local school districts. Nationwide, hundreds of millions of dollars allocated for education are being routed…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Charter Schools, Governance, Virtual Classrooms
Creason, John, Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2005
The 2003-04 total for home education students in Pennsylvania was 24,076. The total was comprised of 12,285 males and 11,791 females. This was a decrease of 339 students, or 1.4%, from the 2002-03 total of 24,415. This was the second year (along with 2001-02) that home education enrollments decreased since the passage of Act 169 of 1988, which…
Descriptors: School Districts, Extracurricular Activities, Counties, Home Schooling
Allwein, Timothy M. – School Administrator, 2003
Assistant executive director of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association argues that local school districts, not the state legislature, should develop policies to allow home-schooled students to participate in extracurricular activities. (PKP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Home Schooling
Van Galen, Jane A. – 1986
This paper describes an ethnographic study of how fundamentalist Christian parents new to home schooling are socialized to norms, beliefs, and values of the Christian home schooling organizations with which they are affiliated. Research involved participant observation and interviews with "home schoolers" and educators over an 18-month…
Descriptors: Christianity, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Ethnography
Lockwood, Annette – American Libraries, 1996
The bookmobile of Lancaster County Library (Pennsylvania) provides library services to the home schooled children of isolated, rural communities. Home schooling and bookmobile usage have increased proportionally, and bookmobiles act as "library periods" for the home schooled, provide materials to support curricula, and supply…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bookmobiles, Community Benefits, Educational Resources
Van Galen, Jane A. – 1987
The social context within which home schooling takes place is described, and the ideological frameworks and contexts within which parents (most of them fundamentalist Christians) make schooling decisions are examined. Research involved participant observation and interviews with 16 home schooling families (13 families self-labeled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
