Category Archives: College/Postsecondary

HOMESCHOOL BACKGROUND: Homeschoolers at Patrick Henry College

Record: Daniel L. Bennett, Elyssa Edwards, and Courtney Ngai, “Homeschool Background, Time Use and Academic Performance at a Private Religious College” in Educational Studies 45, no. 3 (2019), pp. 305-325. [abstract here] Summary: Bennett, an economics professor at Baylor‘s Libertarian-leaning Baugh … Continue reading

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MAKING THE TRANSITION: Cardus Authors on Homeschooling and Adult Outcomes

Record: David Sikkink and Sara Skiles, “Making the Transition: The Effect of School Sector on Extended Adolescence,”  Hamilton, Ontario, Cardus (April 17, 2018). Available Here. Summary: Readers of these reviews will be very familiar with the Cardus Education Survey (CES).  It is … Continue reading

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A Case for Homeschooling

Record: Darren A. Jones, “A Case for Home Schooling” in in Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan, eds., The Wiley Handbook of School Choice (Malden, MA: 2017), pp. 344-361. Summary: Jones, a staff attorney with HSLDA, former homeschooler, and homeschooling father of four, … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES: A Collective Case Study

Record: Sarah Jeanne Pannone, “The influence of homeschooling on entrepreneurial activities: a collective case study” Education + Training, 59, No. 7/8 (2017): 706-7019. [Abstract] Summary: Sarah Pannone is a dissertation chair for the School of Education at Liberty University. In this study she uses several case … Continue reading

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COLLEGE PERFORMANCE: Homeschooled vs. Traditional Students

Record: Martin C. Yu, Paul R. Sackett, and Nathan R. Kuncel, “Predicting College Performance of Homeschooled Versus Traditional Students.” Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 35, No. 4 (2016): 31-39. [Available Here] Summary: Yu, Sackett, and Kuncel are from the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. … Continue reading

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UNIVERSITY-BASED HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM: Physical Education

Record: David A. Wachob, “Starting a University-based Physical Educational Program for Homeschooled Children.” Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 86, No. 3 (2016), 34-41. [Abstract] Summary: Wachob is an assistant professor of health and physical education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who started a … Continue reading

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U.S. HOMESCHOOLERS ON THE WORLD: Christian Soldiers & Downshifters

Allahyari, Rebecca A. “Christian Soldiers and Downshifters: U.S. Homeschoolers on the World.” The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective, edited by R. L. F. Habito and K. Inaba, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2006), 141-163. … Continue reading

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT SIX: Present and Future

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Six” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the sixth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading

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LABORATORY EXERCISE FOR TEENAGED HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS: University Begins Chemistry Program for Homeschoolers

Record: Daniel Hercules, Cameron Parrish & Daniel Whitehead, “Evaluating a College-Prep Laboratory Exercise for Teenaged Homeschool Students in a University Setting.” Journal of Chemical Education, 24, No. 3 (2016): 870-873. [Abstract] Summary: Hercules, Parrish, and Whitehead from Clemson University organized a half-day laboratory … Continue reading

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