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Princiotta, Daniel; Bielick, Stacey; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2004
This brief uses data from the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) to estimate the number of homeschooled students in the United States in 2003 and to discuss the reasons parents decide to homeschool their children. Overall, from 1999 to 2003, the number of homeschooled students in the United States increased, as did the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, Educational Methods, Parents as Teachers
Bielick, Stacey; Chandler, Kathryn; Broughman, Stephen P. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2001
Uses data from the National Household Education Surveys Program to estimate the number of homeschoolers, describes the characteristics of homeschoolers, and documents parents' reasons for home schooling and their reports of public support for home schooling. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Parents, Public Agencies
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