ERIC Number: EJ1451105
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1558-2159
EISSN: EISSN-1558-2167
"That Percentage of Safer": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Homeschool Parents' Perspectives of School Safety
Christy Batts; John Kristof; Kelsie Yohe
Journal of School Choice, v18 n4 p609-637 2024
School safety has been widely studied from the perspectives of administrators, teachers, and students in traditional education settings. However, parents' perceptions of school safety have been largely overlooked. Moreover, it is unknown how homeschool parents conceptualize safety in educational settings despite school safety being a known motivator for homeschooling. This mixed-methods study uses two years of national-level survey data from 2,124 respondents and four focus groups with thirteen participants to investigate homeschool parents' school safety concerns. Supporting existing literature, we find that homeschool parents are likely to also be parents of special-needs learners. Findings suggest homeschool parents are not concerned with physical as much as psychological and academic safety. Moreover, homeschool parents tend to frame the concepts and concerns of school safety through the lens their own or their children's prior traditional school experiences. Study limitations, practitioner implications, and future directions for research are discussed.
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, School Safety, National Surveys, Special Needs Students, Educational Experience, Psychological Needs, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Public Schools, Private Schools, Charter Schools, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Community Colleges, Universities, Race, Ethnicity, Family Size, Family Income, Geographic Regions, Decision Making
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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