Category Archives: Research Methodology

Virginia Communities and Homeschooling

Record: Luke C. Miller, “Community Characteristics of Homeschooling: The Case of Virginia” in G. K. Ingram and D. A. Kenyon, eds., Education, Land, and Location (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2014), pp. 386-416 [available here]. Summary: Miller is Associate Professor … Continue reading

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Homeschooling in Wisconsin

Record: Denton Marks & David M. Welsch,  “Homeschooling Choice and Timing: An Examination of Socioeconomic and Policy Influences in Wisconsin.” Journal of School Choice, 13, no. 1 (2019): 33-57 [Abstract Here] Summary: Marks and Welsch were both economics professors at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at … Continue reading

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RELIGIOUS HOMESCHOOLERS AND PART-TIME PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Record: Jesse Thomas, “Perspectives of Homeschoolers Motivated by Religious and Moral Reasons” in Journal of Research on Christian Education 28, no. 1 (2019): 21-42. Summary: Thomas, a math teacher at Curry Ingram Academy in Brentwood, TN, previously wrote a 2016 report  on homeschooling parents’ … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES: A Critique of Advocacy Research and Individualism

Record: T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski, “Homeschooling in the United States: Examining the Rationales for Individualizing Education” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 21-38.  [Available Here] Summary: Brewer teaches in the education department at the University of North Georgia and is perhaps … Continue reading

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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH: What Educators Might Learn

Record: Brian Ray, “A review of research on homeschooling and what might educators learn?” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May-August 2017): 85-103.[Available Here] Summary: Ray is unquestionably the most well-known researcher in the field of home education, having made this his career … Continue reading

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NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: First Look from 2016

Record: Meghan McQuiggan, Mahi Megra, and Sara Grady, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016, (NCES 2017-2012) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2017) [Available Here] Introduction: Every four or five years, the … Continue reading

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND HOMESCHOOLING: It Depends on the Goals

Record: Ari Neuman and Oz Guterman, “Academic achievements and homeschooling—It all depends on the goals.” Studies in Educational Evaluation, 51 (2016): 1-6. [Abstract] Summary: Neuman is senior lecturer of education at Western Galilee College, in Akko, Israel, and Guterman is senior lecturer in the Department … Continue reading

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RESEARCH AND TRENDS IN STUDIES OF HOMESCHOOLING PRACTICES: Review of Selected Journals

Record: Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Norlidah Alias, and Dorothy DeWitt, “Research and Trends in the Studies of Homeschooling Practices: A Review on Selected Journals” in The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (2015): 111-119. [Article] Summary: Jamaludin, Alias, and DeWitt are … Continue reading

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OPINIONS AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY: Characteristics of Home Educating Families in the UK

Record: Emma Smith and Jeanette Nelson, “Using the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey to Examine the Prevalence and Characteristics of Families who Home Educate in the UK” in Educational Studies, 41 (3), (2015): 312-325. [Abstract] Summary: Emma Smith is a professor of Education at the University … Continue reading

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The HARO 2014 Survey of Homeschool Alumni

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschooling Movement” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (2 December 2014).  Available Here. Summary:  Readers of these reviews are likely familiar … Continue reading

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