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Cheryl Fields-Smith; Timberly L. Baker – Thresholds in Education, 2023
Compared to all other options, homeschooling provides parents with the most control over their children's educational experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in the U.S. homeschool population. Black families had the largest increase in home educators from 3.3% to 16.1% between April 2020 and October 2020. The emerging literature on Black…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Home Schooling, African Americans, Mothers
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Cagle, Kelly Sakzenian – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
The University-Model school incorporates private school and homeschool methods within a Christian school experience. Parents receive the title of "co-instructors" as they partner with teachers in educating their child. This phenomenological study explored the elements that influenced parents' choice when selecting a school. Simon's 1955…
Descriptors: School Choice, Phenomenology, Parent Attitudes, Home Schooling
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Tilhou, Rebecca – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Home education support groups and associations are increasingly becoming hubs for home learning communities to share resources and knowledge. This literature review examined (a) motivations for joining homeschool groups; (b) values and beliefs that led to the formation of homeschool groups; and (c) how the culture of homeschool groups aids in…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Nontraditional Education, Models, Parents as Teachers
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Cervone, Jason A. – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2017
In this article, the author examines the growth of the current strain of fundamentalism that is influencing rural schools in the United States, and how it is, according to him, creating a self-sustaining pipeline of fundamentalists into positions of power. The author details the type of anti-public and anti-democratic education being expressed…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Cultural Groups, Neoliberalism, Social Systems
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Swenson, Sarah; Pope, Zachary; Zeng, Nan – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2016
Despite a growing population of homeschool children in the United States, little is known regarding their physical activity (PA) levels. Without access to physical education, homeschool children may engage in inadequate PA levels. The purpose of this study was to objectively examine the activity levels of homeschool students participating in a…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Home Schooling, Physical Education, Children
McCullough, Brenda Tracy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A general problem is that testing a homeschooled child for learning disabilities (LD) is not required in the state of Texas and therefore dependent on the homeschooling parent's recognition and desire to test. A qualitative exploratory method was used to determine the perceptions of parent/teachers on their struggling high school students'…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, High School Students, College Readiness
Wolf, Patrick J.; Egalite, Anna J. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2016
This report summarizes the state of competition in American K-12 education. It pays particular attention to the prevalence and market penetration of charter schools, private school vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships as market reforms. The effect of added institutional competition from charters, vouchers, and tax-credit scholarships on the…
Descriptors: School Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Competition
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Neil, Ted; Bonner, Nancy; Bonner, David – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2014
Home school populations have been studied for socialization and academic preparedness, but there are few studies on the use of technology among home schooled families. One researcher, in studying technology use among home school families in the greater Albany, New York area, found that the use of technology had a positive influence on the decision…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Technology Uses in Education, Social Networks, Usability
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McCulloch, Donald S.; Savage, Alexandra; Schmal, Liz – Christian Higher Education, 2013
Impressions of admission officers toward homeschooled applicants were examined. Specifically, this study sought to ascertain whether the perceptions of admission officers adhered to the common stereotype that homeschoolers are brighter and yet socially less well-adjusted than average. The responses of 121 admission officers were analyzed across…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admissions Officers, Administrator Attitudes, Church Related Colleges
Terry, Bobby K. – Online Submission, 2011
Texas has some of the lowest SAT scores in the nation. They are ranked 36th nationwide in graduation rates and teacher salaries rank at number 33. The public school system in Texas has problems with overcrowding, violence, and poor performance on standardized testing. Currently 300,000 families have opted out of the public school system in order…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Curriculum Development, Program Development, Learning Theories
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Lesesne, Teri S. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2007
In this article, the author describes the Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA), a program designed and implemented in Texas to encourage children to read more, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books (www.txla.org/groups/tba/about.html). TBA began in 1979 through the effort of Dr. Janelle…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Awards, Home Schooling, Public Libraries
Hughes, Kristine – Teacher Magazine, 2005
Now a growing number of Texas homeschoolers want to send their children off to class, if only a few hours a day. But as in other states, not all educators in the Lone Star State think students should be able to select just a course or two. A bill that would have encouraged schools to offer classes on an a la carte basis failed for the third time…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Board of Education Policy, Public Schools, Equal Education
Sayler, Michael, Ed. – Tempo, 1996
This document consists of the four issues of "Tempo," the newsletter of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT), published during 1996. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, such as math and science instruction, culturally diverse gifted students, parents and teachers working together, and future challenges. Articles…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Child Advocacy, Cultural Differences