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Bhatt, Rachana – Journal of School Choice, 2014
From 1982-1997, 35 states adopted legislation, referred to as homeschool rights, that explicitly granted families the right to educate their children at home. Using data from the National Household Education Survey, this article examines the impact that this legislation has had on the decision to homeschool a child versus the alternatives of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Home Schooling, Educational Legislation, Parent Rights
Smiley, Henry T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Most existing homeschool research focuses on one of two concerns: the efficacy of home education and the socialization of the homeschooled student. The purpose of this study was to examine how the beliefs, values, and worldviews of homeschooled students were affected by their experiences at the post-secondary level, specifically in the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Colleges, Leadership, Research
Schroeder-Davis, Stephen – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
In this article, the author shares his own observations and experiences as a veteran GT coordinator in a large school district that includes several charter schools and several families who have opted for home schooling. Specifically, he recounts several occasions when parents requested a hybrid educational model that combined home schooling with…
Descriptors: Gifted, Charter Schools, Home Schooling, Special Education Teachers
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
"Ohio Education by the Numbers" offers busy policy makers, journalists, and civic and business leaders simple and easy-to-use vital statistics about Ohio's schools and the students they serve. The facts and figures contained within offer an overview of Ohio's students; where they go to school; their achievement on national and state…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Student Characteristics
Murphy, Joseph – American Educational History Journal, 2013
In this paper, the author explains how homeschooling came to life in America, describing the forces that pushed it from the margins of acceptability to the center of the national political and social stage and to near normalization within the educational industry. The focus is on exploring the origins of homeschooling by exposing its intellectual…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Organizational Development, Home Schooling, Educational History
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
Wykes, Bruce L. – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2015
Many policies and initiatives have been proposed or implemented to address the unique needs of military families who face special challenges while supporting the service of their military member(s). Some of those policies and initiatives have sought to focus on military-connected children (MCCs) and the particular academic challenges they face.…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Student Needs, Public Schools, Educational History
Mattox, William R., Jr. – Heritage Foundation, 2012
Most parents want two things: (1) to protect their children from being immersed in a school culture that is at odds with their family culture or philosophical world view and (2) for their children to be sufficiently exposed to people who are different from them that they will be well prepared for success and influence in the real world.…
Descriptors: School Culture, Blended Learning, Online Courses, Home Schooling
Webb, Simon – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
Thousands of children are educated at home by their parents. This book is an overview of the phenomenon of elective home education in the United Kingdom. It examines the history of the practice and reveals why more and more parents are choosing not to send their children to school. Simon Webb, himself a home educator, explores in detail the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational History, Educational Attitudes, Educational Legislation
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2010
This article features Glen Carbon Centennial Library (GCCL), Illinois, which is named "LJ"'s Best Small Library in America 2010. The attitude of doing whatever it takes to encourage every patron to come back permeates GCCL and is the foundation that makes it a model small library. GCCL delivers much "more than one expects." The…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Libraries, Library Networks, Users (Information)
Davis, Jennifer – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
The question of whether and how to offer students the option of attending a school other than the one assigned by their residence is a hotly debated issue with substantial implications for policymaking. Whether pursued as an effort to increase the availability of high-quality options in communities without equal access; to drive improvement…
Descriptors: School Choice, Context Effect, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Kelley, James B. – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the most widely taught texts in language arts classrooms through the English-speaking world and is greatly valued by many readers today for its depiction of youth grappling with racism in the American South of the Depression Era. However, the novel's subtle and sustained critique of…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Literature, Novels, Racial Bias
Wessling, Suki – Understanding Our Gifted, 2012
When the author started homeschooling, she would listen jealously as other parents discussed curriculum for reading and math, two subjects that her daughter never needed any instruction in as a young child. She was eager to try out curriculum, but her visual spatial daughter was not quite ready for learning on paper. She found out that searching…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Curriculum Development, Adjustment (to Environment), Pacing
Mazama, Ama; Lundy, Garvey – Journal of Negro Education, 2013
Homeschooling, and academic interest in this phenomenon, have increased tremendously over the last decade. The surge of African American involvement in the homeschool movement has also become noticeable. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of African American parents that choose homeschooling. In order…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, African American Students, African American Education, Home Schooling
Kolderie, Ted – Education Evolving, 2013
Eric Premack grew up in Minneapolis; graduated from Washburn High School. After graduate school in public policy he went to California; worked initially with the Office of the Legislative Analyst where he was assigned to education finance; then worked as a consultant in the field. In 1991 he began making people in California aware of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Charter Schools, State Policy, Common Core State Standards