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Thomas, Jesse – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2019
This study sought to highlight the association between motivation to homeschool and public school enrollment. Homeschooling parents (n = 1052) across the United States responded to questions from a survey administered online. Logistic regression analysis and the chi-square test showed that homeschooling parents who chose the religious/moral answer…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Christianity, Religious Education, Decision Making
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Ray, Brian D.; Shakeel, M. Danish; Worth, Fred; Bryant, Valerie – Journal of School Choice, 2021
Homeschooling has witnessed an upsurge in the United States since the movement for school choice gained momentum in the 1990s. Most research on homeschooling has been on non-representative samples of median-income white Americans, making it difficult for policymakers to accept its reliability. In addition, homeschoolers now include other ethnic…
Descriptors: Barriers, Home Schooling, Family Income, School Choice
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Jolly, Jennifer L.; Matthews, Michael S. – Journal of School Choice, 2018
Homeschooling only has become a choice for many families of gifted children during the last two decades, as the number of gifted families has grown steadily along with the general homeschool population (Lubienski, Puckett, & Brewer, 2013). The current study examines a group of homeschooling mothers of gifted children who publish and maintain…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Academically Gifted, Mothers, Electronic Publishing
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Walters, Chelsey; Baker, Alesha – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Students attending a University-ModelĀ® school participate in a hybrid approach to education which combines homeschooling with private education. This allows parents a primary role in their child(ren)'s education with the guidance of licensed teachers. The question of how students' academic needs are addressed in this model remains unexplored. This…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Home Schooling, Parent Role
DiPerna, Paul; Shaw, Michael – EdChoice, 2018
This annual survey--developed and reported by EdChoice and interviews conducted by our partner, Braun Research, Inc.--measures public opinion and awareness on a range of K-12 education topics, including parents' schooling preferences, educational choice policies, the federal government's role in education and more. We report response levels,…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice, Accountability
Mahan, Bernice Marie; Ware, Brenda Joyce – 1987
Purposes of this master's research project were to (1) determine the reasons for which parents educate their children at home, and (2) compare the attitudes of home-schooling parents and public school superintendents about the benefits of home schooling. Subjects were parents who home-schooled their children and public school superintendents in a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Home Schooling, Motivation