Research
About
Wikipedia Homeschooling
is Highly Flawed Postcard
Just what is the Wikipedia for anyway? I really thought it was
about being a collaborative effort among those who know homeschooling?
Apparently not. By Ann Zeise.
Does
Homeschooling Research Help Homeschooling
How will this research affect homeschooling, they wonder? What
are the potential pitfalls and problems? And somehow the questionnaire
seems like an invasion of privacy which fails to capture the
most important aspects of homeschooling anyway.
The
Kingdom That Never Was: Inaccuracies in a Sociological Study
of Homeschooling
A recently published sociological study of homeschooling contains
serious misinformation that we homeschoolers need to understand
and be able to counter. By Larry and Susan Kaseman, HEM J/F 02.
Academic
Research
Bibliography
of scholarly research on homeschooling
I hope that this page is useful to researchers in other fields
who are looking for peer-reviewed articles on homeschooling and
homeschoolers. I hope that it is also useful to homeschoolers
who want to go beyond the glossy magazine articles. Annotated
links compiled by Nels Tomlinson.
An
Exploratory Study of Home School Instructional Environments and
Their Effects on the Basic Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities
The results indicated that home school students were academically
engaged about 2 1/2 times as often as public school students.
Furthermore, home school students made more progress in reading
and written language, and equal gains in math. By Steven F Duval,
Ward, D. L., Delquadri, J. C., & Greenwood, C. R.
Home
Schooling: An Overview
Present day home schools have once again emerged as parents are
choosing to educate their children at home for reasons of security,
values and/or educational quality. Treva Williams, Ohio State
University.
Home
Schooling as a Social Movement: Identifying the Determinants
of Homeschoolers' Perceptions 
A study done on a segment of home-based charter
school students and their families in California. This study
was done to get a handle on the homeschooling community, and
homeschoolers were not a part of the study!
Home
Schooling: School Choice and Women's Time Use
Home schooling has grown rapidly and now (2002) comprises over
two percent of school children. I model home schooling choice
using household-level data from the 1996 and 1999 National Household
Education Survey and, in a separate model, district-level data
from Wisconsin. By Eric Isenberg, Washington University,
Homeschooling
Comes of Age
The rise of homeschooling is one of the most significant social
trends of the past half century. This reemergence of what is
in fact an old practice has occurred for a distinctly modern
reason: a desire to wrest control from the education bureaucrats
and reestablish the family as central to a child's learning.
Patricia M. Lines, The Public Interest, July 1, 2000.
Homeschooling
and the Redefinition of Citizenship
A. Bruce Arai, Wilfrid Laurier University. This paper reviews
the research on homeschooling, as well as the major objections
to it, and frames these debates within the broader issues of
citizenship and citizenship education.
Modeling
School Choice: A Comparison of Public, PrivateIndependent,
PrivateReligious and Home-Schooled Students
Of these, home-schooling is the most novel: since legalization
across the states in the last few decades, it has grown in importance
and legitimacy as an alternative choice. Thus, it is now possible
to investigate the motivation for home-schooling, relative to
the other schooling options. By Clive R. Belfield, Columbia University.
A
nationwide study of home education
Early indications and wider implications. Previous research supports
the idea that parental social class does effect educational outcomes,
but the suggestion that children from lower social classes can
outperform their higher social class peers is quite possibly,
unique. By Paula Rothermel, School of Education, University of
Durham.
Research
Shows Benefits of Homeschooling
Dr. Raymond S. Moore: As the one whose research is generally
credited for the founding of this fast-growing educational phenomenon,
I would like to clarify a few crucial points about homeschooling.
Understudied
Education: Toward Building a Homeschooling Research Agenda
By Kariane Mari Nemer, UCLA Graduate School of Education &
Information Studies. In pursuit of a comprehensive knowledge
of national education, therefore, we need to direct more attention
to understanding the education of homeschooled children. Moreover,
such studies will generate a wealth of information applicable
to broader educational settings.
Who
Is Pat Lines and Why Is She Writing About Homeschooling?
Intentionally or not, recent writings by Patricia M. Lines work
against homeschooling. By Larry and Susan Kaseman. HEM N/D 03.
Effective
Learning Techniques
Investigating
young children's perceptions of homeschooling
This paper suggests how we may bridge the divide that currently
exists between home-based education and institutional schooling
in order to bring benefits to children and families alike as
we head towards the year 2000. By Donna Broadhurst, 1999.
New Horizons
For Learning
Website designed around a "building" motif, translating
research and theory into workable solutions for contemporary
learning.
Virtual
Schooling At The Middle Grades: A Case Study
The purpose if this study was to investigate a virtual program,
providing descriptions and assessments from the different participants
at the host junior high school. By Del Litke.
See also Learning
Government
Research
Home
Education Study
The research was commissioned to assist the NSW Australian Government
to evaluate the suitability of the requirements for home schooling
registration amongst home educators and other interested groups.
Home Schooling
in the United States: Trends and Characteristics
Home schooling is a more radical departure from education as
it is currently practiced, it affects more schools, and it has
the potential to force numerous adjustments to current curricular
practices. By Kurt J. Bauman, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002.
Homeschooling
in Nevada: The Budgetary Impact
by John T. Wenders, Ph.D.* and Andrea D. Clements, Ph.D.* A new
study by the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) finds homeschooled
students save Nevada taxpayers millions of dollars each year,
refuting the notion that homeschooling costs school districts
funding. Overview.
The
Quality of Homeschooling
This report summarises the findings of the Education Review Office
(ERO) in New Zealand on the quality of education provided for
homeschooled children. It aims to identify those features of
a programme that benefit homeschooled children.
Home
Educated Adults Studied
We've Grown
Up and We're Okay
Researcher Gary Knowles, of the University of Michigan, has recently
sent us a copy of his draft report. Its title is We've Grown
Up and We're Okay -- An Exploration of Adults Who Were Home-Educated
As Students.
See also Success Stories
Ultra-Conservative Sponsored Research
Take note that these studies tend
to use small samples of Christian homeschoolers only and do not
accurately reflect the whole homeschool population. Their aim
is to promote the Protestant Reconstructionist agenda. Rebuttals
included here.
Another
Side of the PJE study of Tennessee Homeschooling
First published as "A Response to: 'The Home Schooling Mother-Teacher
Toward a Theory of Social Integration' by Susan A. McDowell of
the Peabody Journal of Education" at EducationNews.org on
9/14/00. By TnHomeEd owner, Kay Brooks.
Homeschooling:
Back To the Future
Isabel Lyman's thoughtful research paper about homeschooling.
CATO Institute. January 7, 1998.
Homeschooling
Benefits
Homeschooled kids are less preoccupied with peer acceptance,
By William R. Mattox Jr. SF Chronicle. Research by Brian Ray
of the National Home Education Research Institute.
Home schooling improves academic performance and reduces impact of socio-economic factors
Release Date: October 04, 2007. TORONTO, ON÷Home schooling appears to improve the academic performance of children from families with low levels of education, according to a report on home schooling released today by independent research organization The Fraser Institute.
Homeschooling
on the Threshhold
National Homeschool Education Research Institution (NHERI) provides
statistics about Christian homeschoolers and their families.
Do note that it omits the rest of the homeschooling population.
Fraser Study, October 2007
The Fraser Study: Puffing Up Homeschooling and Selling Our Freedoms
This column addresses major problems with the Fraser study, explains why we should not cite the study despite its positive statements about homeschooling, and suggests ways we can minimize the damage it does. By Larry and Susan Kaseman, HEM J/F 08.
Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream, 2nd Edition
This second edition builds on the original with new research and data. The paper considers the educational phenomenon of home schooling in Canada and the United States, its regulation, history, growth, and the characteristics of practitioners before reviewing the findings on the academic and social effects of home schooling.
Rudner's Study for HSLDA
Contextualizing
Homeschooling Data: A Response to Rudner
Why Rudner's analysis of the BJU data fails to offer a straightforward
explanation of important and striking limitations. By Kariane
Mari Welner, UCLA, and Kevin G. Welner, UP.
HSLDA
Study: Embarrassing and Dangerous
This study reports on the academic achievements of only a very
narrow group of homeschoolers and is not at all representative
of the homeschooling community as a whole, so its findings do
not apply to homeschoolers in general.
HSLDA
Study on Homeschooling
Is it a nice reflection on you? Embarrassing and dangerous study
of homeschooling families was recently designed, financed, and
promoted by HSLDA. As homeschoolers, we should not use this study.
Scholastic Achievement
and Demographic Characteristics
... of Home School Students in 1998. Lawrence M. Rudner. Study
used students located through Bob Jones and HSLDA only, so results
skewed toward fundamentalist Christian homeschoolers.
Testing the
Boundaries
Testing
the Boundaries of Parental Authority over Education: The Case
of Homeschooling
by Rob Reich. Abstract: How should the liberal state regulate
homeschooling, the arrangement that gives parents the most control
over the education of children? (This link goes to a book. This
article is in the book.)
The Debate
The
Boundaries of Parental Authority
A Response to Rob Reich of Stanford University
The real root of the problem home education presents to Reich
is that home educators have removed themselves from America's
educational system and its underlying values. By Thomas W. Washburne,
J.D.
Let's
Stop Aiding and Abetting Academicians' Folly
We need to be prepared to counter academic papers about homeschooling
(such as the recent one by Reich) to minimize the chances of
their being used to support increased regulation of homeschooling.
By Larry and Susan Kaseman.
Uncertain
of Sponsor's Status
Homeschooling
in the United States: 1999
The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys
Program, 1999 (Parent-NHES:1999) provides a comprehensive set
of information that may be used to estimate the number and characteristics
of homeschoolers in the United States.
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- The
Homeschooling Revolution
by Isabel Lyman
- This book is the best overview of the "Homeschooling
Revolution" that I've seen. The author is a Ph.D social
scientist and a homeschooling Mom. Her writing style is informal
and friendly. This book is not a "how to" book on homeschooling,
it is a serious yet engaging look at the homeschooling movement.
It has plenty of references to useful homeschooling resources.
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- Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy
in the Homeschooling Movement
- by Mitchell L. Stevens
- Moving from why parents opt for home-schooling
to the long-term effects on their children, he draws on interviews
with a mix of parents from fundamentalist Christians to pagans
and educational radicals and persuasively contextualizes the
movement within the "organizational strategies of the progressive
left and the religious right" in their attempt to preserve
their core set of values: "the sanctity of childhood and
the primacy of family in the face of an increasingly competitive
and bureaucratized society." 15 pages of exerpts available.
The Schools Our Children Deserve
Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
by Kohn, Alfie
Teacher-turned-writer Alfie Kohn takes on traditional-education
giants like E.D. Hirsch, along with practically every state government
"raising the bar" and toughening standards, in this
attack on the back-to-basics movement. 1999 Hardcover
Left
Back : A Century of Failed School Reforms
by Ravitch, Diane Ravitch
"Whenever the academic curriculum was diluted or minimized,
large numbers of children were pushed through the school system
without benefit of a genuine education," she writes. 2001
Paperback
School
Can Wait
by Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore
Readiness For Learning. Despite early excitement for school,
many, if not most, early entrants (ages 4, 5, 6, etc.) are tired
of school before they are out of the third or fourth grades
at about the ages and levels we found that they should be starting.
More homeschooling books here
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