ERIC Number: EJ750731
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
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The Politics of Homeschooling: New Developments, New Challenges
Cooper, Bruce S.; Sureau, John
Educational Policy, v21 n1 p110-131 2007
Homeschooling has developed from a small, isolated, parent-led effort to a vibrant national movement to lobby for and legalize K-12 education at home in all 50 states. Although a majority of homeschool families are Evangelical Christians, the others come from a variety of religious and nonreligious backgrounds, giving homeschooling a broad national political and social base. Homeschool families have organized regional and national associations, gained children's access to after-school and even during-school classes and activities in local public schools, and increasingly gained entry to college. About 1.35 million children in the country are being officially home-schooled, making it a vital and expanding form of private education and political force in U.S. society.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Private Education, Home Schooling, Politics of Education, School Choice, Privatization, Access to Education, Family School Relationship, State Legislation, Court Litigation, Lobbying, Educational Policy, Parent Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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