Home Schooling
Greetings. The following materials are intended to provide an introduction to Home Schooling. They were assembled from the World Wide Web, ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. Instructions for acquiring the full text of the ERIC records are presented at the end of this file.
Connie Kuo
Reference Specialist
Alphabetically arranged listing of bibliographies
Categorically arranged listing of bibliographies
Internet Sites
John's Homeschool Resource Page
Home Schooling Support Groups, Laws, and State-level Associations
Homeschooling in the United States: 1999
Home Schooling and Socialization of Children
Parents' Place
Homeschooling Resources for Parents and Students
Home schooling in the United States trends and characteristics
Home Schooling
Educational Sites: Home Schooling
Internet resources on home schooling
Homeschooling
Citations From the ERIC Database
AN: ED458013
AU: Leppert,-Mary; Leppert,-Michael
TI: Homeschooling Almanac, 2002-2003: How To Start, What To Do, Where To Go, Who To Call, Web Sites, Products, Catalogs, Teaching Supplies, Support Groups, Conferences, and More! Prima Home Learning Library.
PY: 2001
AV: Prima Publishing, 3000 Lava Ridge Court, Roseville, CA 95661 ($24.95). Tel: 800-632-8676, ext. 4444 (Toll Free); Fax: 916-787-7001; Web site: http://www.primalifestyles.com.
NT: Foreword by David Colfax.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Curriculum-; *Educational-Resources; *Home-Schooling; *Home-Study; *Parent-Student-Relationship; *Parents-as-Teachers
DER: College-Admission; Educational-Practices; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Family-Work-Relationship; Fathers-; Individual-Differences; Music-; Program-Descriptions; State-Standards; Teaching-Methods
AB: This almanac is intended for parents who are considering home schooling or who are already home schooling and want to expand and obtain more resources, and for non-home-schooling parents who want educational resources to supplement their child's education at home. Part 1 of the almanac presents background information into what home schooling is and how it works. Chapter 1 explores why home schooling should be considered. Chapter 2 offers advice on how to begin, including the philosophy of one father who home schooled four sons. Chapter 3 demonstrates the importance of father involvement in children's lives and education. Chapter 4 presents information on determining a child's learning style. Chapters 5 through 7 detail three basic methods--the parental approach, the unschooling method, and the eclectic method--with each chapter including an interview with a home-schooling parent utilizing that approach. Chapter 7 discusses lesser-known home-schooling methods, including the delayed academic approach and the Charlotte Mason method. Chapter 8 focuses on the use of music as family entertainment and an enriching aspect of education. Chapter 9 discusses college admissions for home schoolers. Chapter 10 provides ideas for home-based businesses that enable parents to support their family while staying home with their children. Chapter 11 answers commonly asked questions about home schooling. Part 2 of the almanac highlights products for home schooling related to language skills, mathematics, science, technology, liberal arts, thinking skills, and arts and crafts. Part 3 provides information on available print and Web site resources related to diverse religious or ethnic home-schooling groups and various methods of home schooling. Part 4 provides information on home schooling for each of the 50 states, including state regulations and political climate regarding home schooling, along with contact information for statewide home-schooling groups and the state's department of education. Appended is information on people behind the home-schooling movement and various terms used in home schooling as well as coupons providing discounts on home-schooling materials. (KB)
AN: ED456940
AU: Stevens,-Mitchell-L..
TI: Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement. Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology.
PY: 2001
AV: Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 ($24.95). Tel: 609-258-5714; Fax: 609-258-1335; Web site: http://www.pupress.princeton.edu.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Children-; *Cultural-Influences; *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-; *Parents-as-Teachers
DER: Curriculum-; Educational-Change; Educational-Innovation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Ethnography-; Interviews-; Leaders-; Mothers-; Organizational-Change; Organizational-Development; Organizations-Groups; Parent-Attitudes; Politics-; Sociology-; Values-
AB: As common as the accomplishments of students who have been home schooled is public speculation about the quality and value of at-home education. This sociological study, focusing on home schooling as a social movement, provides an account of a novel education movement and provides analysis of the relationship between cultural context and a social movement's form and message. Based on ethnographic research conducted throughout the 1990s relying heavily on in-depth interviews with home-schooling parents from a variety of backgrounds in the Chicago area and an examination of 10 national home-schooling organizations, the book describes how the home-schooling movement is essentially two movements, reflecting both the liberal alternative school movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the Christian day school movement of the same era. Chapter 1 of the book introduces the home-school world and describes the nature and limitation of the inquiry. Chapter 2 examines home-schooling literature and samples of home-school curricula, providing a sense of home schoolers' varied pedagogical approaches. The chapter also highlights parents' talk about the hows and whys of home schooling and sketches the relationship between home-school pedagogy and home schoolers' broader world views. Chapter 3 assesses the scope of the work home schooling requires and the different ways in which mothers make sense of that work. Chapter 4 describes how home schoolers have worked to assemble themselves into a national constituency and examines the subtle ways in which different organizational sensibilities have had lasting consequences for the shape of the movement. Chapter 5 addresses how home schoolers go about their politics, recounting a watershed event on Capitol Hill that betrayed and solidified home schoolers' organizational divisions, and offers an explanation for why individual leaders have had such success in their endeavors. Chapter 6 considers what home schoolers teach about the nature of American childhood. Notes for each chapter conclude the book. (KB)
AN: EJ640229
AU: Bielick,-Stacey; Chandler,-Kathryn; Broughman,-Stephen-P.
TI: Homeschooling in the United States: 1999.
PY: 2001
SO: Education-Statistics-Quarterly; v3 n3 p25-32 Fall 2001.
NT: For the entire journal issue, see TM 033 614. Originally published as the Statistical Analysis Report of the same name.
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Parents-; *Student-Characteristics
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Public-Agencies; Socioeconomic-Status
AB: Uses data from the National Household Education Surveys Program to estimate the number of homeschoolers, describes the characteristics of homeschoolers, and documents parents' reasons for home schooling and their reports of public support for home schooling.
AN: EJ639198
AU: Morse,-Karen
TI: Is Homeschooling Right for You and Your Highly Gifted Child?
PY: 2001
SO: Understanding-Our-Gifted; v14 n1 p25-26 Fall 2001.
DEM: *Gifted-; *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Teaching-Methods
DER: Curriculum-Design; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Parent-Student-Relationship
AB: This article discusses home schooling for gifted children and describes the most common teaching strategies or pedagogical approaches that home schoolers have successfully used, including: classical, lifestyle of learning, schooling at home, structured/mastery learning, unit studies, unschooling, worldview, and curriculum-based. The benefits of finding intellectual peers are highlighted. (Contains three references.) (CR)
AN: EJ637714
AU: Petrie,-Amanda
TI: Home Education in Europe and the Implementation of Changes to the Law.
PY: 2001
SO: International-Review-of-Education; v47 n5 p477-500 Sep 2001.
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Laws-; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers; *School-Choice
DER: Access-to-Education; Civil-Liberties; Compulsory-Education; Computers-; Foreign-Countries; Home-Programs; International-Education; School-Attendance-Legislation
AB: Discusses the various definitions of home education and how the term can give rise to misinterpretations. Covers recent changes to legislation and policy relating to home education in some European countries, such as France and Ireland. Argues that governments should conduct well reasoned, objective research before considering measures to limit home education. (Contains 27 references.) (AUTH)
AN: ED459971
AU: Jaycox,-Rebecca
TI: Rural Home Schooling and Place-Based Education. ERIC Digest.
CS: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Charleston, WV.
PY: 2001
AV: ERIC/CRESS, P.O. Box 1348, Charleston, WV 25325-1348. Tel: 800-624-9120 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.ael.org/eric/digests/edorc01-9.htm.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED459971
DEM: *Active-Learning; *Educational-Strategies; *Experiential-Learning; *Home-Schooling; *Interpersonal-Competence; *Rural-Education
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Integrated-Curriculum; Parents-as-Teachers; Socialization-
AB: Place-based education, which draws from local culture, history, and geography to create a meaningful curriculum, holds particular promise for rural homeschooling. Following a brief review of the homeschooling phenomenon, this digest identifies ways that rural place-based education can counter common concerns about homeschooling. In 1999 about 1.7 percent of U.S. school children (2.2 percent in rural areas) were schooled at home because of parents' educational, religious, or social attitudes or beliefs. The flexibility inherent in homeschooling allows an individualized approach to instruction and curriculum that capitalizes on student interests and community learning opportunities. Most homeschooling parents design their own curriculum. A major criticism of homeschooling is the social isolation of the student. Place-based education can address socialization issues by immersing children in the daily routines of their communities, exposing them to local behavior norms and belief systems, and showing them how one functions as a contributing member of society. Criticisms of the methods and materials of homeschooling can be countered by a place-based approach that integrates separate disciplines and subject matter with home and community projects. Student interests combine with daily living activities and practical experience in various interconnected subjects to provide both practical and academic knowledge. Several examples of rural community-based education are given, and rural community resources are discussed. (Contains 22 references.) (TD)
AN: ED459439
AU: Gilmore,-Deanna-Peterschick
TI: Creating Positive Attitudes toward Reading in Public Schools and Homeschools.
PY: 2001
NT: Paper presented at the Washington Organization for Reading Development Conference (Seattle, WA, October 18-20, 2001).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED459439
DEM: *Classroom-Environment; *Classroom-Techniques; *Reading-Attitudes; *Reading-Instruction; *Reading-Motivation
DER: Classroom-Research; Comparative-Analysis; Elementary-Education; Home-Schooling; Observation-; Public-Schools; Reading-Material-Selection
AB: Learning environments have an impact on acquiring skills in reading as well as developing positive attitudes toward reading. Another variable that affects attitudes and aptitude toward reading is the "climate" or "environment" in which children learn their skills. This paper concentrates on the phenomenon that is reaching epic proportions in the nation, that of homeschooling. As part of a research project two public schools and two homeschools were observed over a period of seven months and 438 hours, and data were collected on the classroom techniques employed in each learning environment. A comparative analysis was made, using the following categories: provide metacognitive training; discuss students' beliefs; stress links between literature and students' lives; read often; read aloud to students; use high quality literature; avoid denigrating group placement; use peer tutors; use reading centers; use reading incentives; allow choice of reading material; use cooperative reading teams; use a recreational reading program; use questions to activate prior knowledge; have a positive classroom environment; and share books with others. Includes recommendations for practice. (Contains 22 references.) (NKA)
AN: EJ634751
AU: Russell,-Glenn
TI: Virtual Schools, Real Concerns.
PY: 2001
SO: American-School-Board-Journal; v188 n9 p16-18 Supp Sep 2001.
NT: Electronic School is a Supplement to American School Board Journal.
DEM: *Distance-Education; *Home-Schooling; *Online-Courses
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; World-Wide-Web
AB: Discusses concerns with reliance on virtual classrooms to educate home-schooled students. (PKP)
AN: EJ634711
AU: Talluto,-Rebecca
TI: Accountability for Home-Schoolers.
PY: 2001
SO: American-School-Board-Journal; v188 n8 p20-21 Aug 2001.
DEM: *Academic-Standards; *Accountability-; *Admission-Criteria; *Home-Schooling; *Program-Evaluation; *State-Legislation
DER: Community-Colleges; Grade-Point-Average; Parent-Child-Relationship; Secondary-Education
AB: A Florida community college dean deplores the dual standard for dual-enrollment classes. Nongrading parents commonly assign their kids a 4.0 GPA to meet enrollment qualifications. Although some states require standardized testing for home-schoolers, others lack guidelines for evaluating home-education programs. This attitude must change. (MLH)
AN: EJ633217
AU: Morris,-Shawn
TI: How To Launch an Online School.
PY: 2001
SO: Technology-and-Learning; v22 n1 p34-36,38 Aug 2001.
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Online-Courses
DER: Audience-Analysis; Budgeting-; Educational-Finance; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Evaluation-Needs; Feedback-
AB: Describes the development of a Web-based learning program at Wichita Public Schools to eliminate barriers between home schoolers and traditional learning by offering online lessons, resources, and teaching support. Highlights include determining the audience; secure funding; budgeting; technology options; designing the courses; providing face-to-face support; and asking for feedback. (LRW)
AN: ED459507
AU: Webb,-Julie
TI: Those Unschooled Minds: Home-Educated Children Grow Up. The Educational Heretics Series.
PY: 1999
AV: Educational Heretics Press, 113 Arundel Drive, Bramcote Hills, Nottingham, NG9 3FQ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 115 925 7261; Web site: http://www.gn.apc.org/edheretics/.
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED459507
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Interviews-; *Life-Satisfaction; *Quality-of-Life
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Foreign-Countries
AB: The widespread acceptance of home schooling has persisted long enough to address the question of how well home-schooled children do later in life. In this book, 20 interviews investigate the long-term effects of home schooling in Britain. In the 1980s, the author conducted interviews with several of the same students, when most were teenagers being home schooled. For this document, all interviewees were asked about their current circumstances, the advantages and disadvantages of their education, the educational philosophies of their parents, the reasons their parents gave for preferring home education, their perception of any time they spent in public school, their family's way of life, how much the student was involved in the choice of home education, how the local educational authorities reacted to the choice, and whether they would home school their own children. Most were located through individual or family membership in Education Otherwise, a home-schooling organization. All those interviewed were leading normal social lives as adults, and the vast majority had no problems making friends out of school or at college. There was great variety in work undertaken, with a slight bias toward caring and creative areas. An appendix of useful organizations and an index are provided. (Contains 20 references.) (RKJ)
AN: ED415325
AU: Lyman,-Isabel
TI: Homeschooling. Back to the Future? Policy Analysis No. 294.
CS: Cato Inst., Washington, DC.
PY: 1998
AV: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001 ($6; $3 each for 5 or more copies); phone: 202-842-0200; fax: 202-842-3490; http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-294es.html
NT: 21 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: Cost-Effectiveness; Court-Litigation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Government-Role; Instructional-Effectiveness; Parent-Student-Relationship
DE: *Civil-Liberties; *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers; *School-Attendance-Legislation
AB: Dissatisfied with the performance of government-run schools, more and more American families have begun teaching their children at home. Estimates of the number of homeschooled children vary widely; the best estimate is 500,000 to 750,000, but some estimates range up to 1.23 million. All observers agree that the number has grown rapidly over the past 15 years. There are two historical strains of homeschooling, a religious-right thread inspired by author Raymond Moore and a countercultural-left thread inspired by John Holt. Their differences illustrate the various concerns that cause people to choose homeschooling: some want religious values in education, some worry about the crime and lack of discipline in the government schools, others are concerned with the declining quality of education, and still others just feel that children are best educated by their parents. A recent boom in the number of homeschooled students winning admission to selective colleges demonstrates both the growth and the effectiveness of homeschooling. The lesson for educational reformers is that homeschooling, with minimal government interference, has produced literate students at a fraction of the cost of any government program. Homeschooling has been largely deregulated, but further deregulation would make parents' task easier. Contains 62 endnotes. (Author/SLD)
AN: ED414684
AU: Berger,-Sandra, Comp.
TI: Homeschooling Resources for Gifted Students. ERIC Mini-Bib.
CS: ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA.
PY: 1998
AV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191-1598.
NT: 4 p.; For the companion digest, see EC 306 028.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education
DE: *Educational-Resources; *Gifted-; *Home-Schooling; *Organizations-Groups
AB: This listing of homeschooling resources and organizations for gifted students lists resources for contests and competitions, curriculum, national standards by subject area, legal information, national home schooling organizations, publications, and Internet resources. Organizational entries usually provide name, address, phone number, and World Wide Web address. (DB)
AN: EJ548031
AU: Nicholls,-Sandra-H.
TI: Home Schooling: A View of Future Education?
PY: 1997
JN: Education-in-Rural-Australia; v7 n1 p17-24 1997
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Futures-of-Society; Nontraditional-Education; Parent-Attitudes; Parent-School-Relationship; State-Regulation
DE: *Distance-Education; *Educational-Trends; *Home-Schooling; *Outcomes-of-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers
AB: Compared to conventionally schooled children, home-schooled children do as well or better academically; they are well adjusted socially, find employment, and go on to further education. Communication technologies allow children to learn academic foundations at home. Discusses parents' reasons for choosing home schooling, legal status in various countries, problems, and a view of future possibilities. Contains 25 references. (TD)
AN: ED409587
AU: Fuller,-Cheri
TI: Teaching Your Child To Write: How Parents Can Encourage Writing Skills--for Success in School, Work, and Life.
PY: 1997
AV: The Berkley Publishing Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ($12).
NT: 224 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Creative-Expression; Early-Childhood-Education; Electronic-Mail; Elementary-Education; Emergent-Literacy; Home-Schooling; Parent-Child-Relationship; Skill-Development; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Processes
DE: *Childrens-Writing; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Writing-Composition; *Writing-Exercises; *Writing-Skills
AB: This book provides a comprehensive guide for parents who want to help their children develop an important skill, writing, in a fun and creative way. The book shares with parents successful classroom and workshop teaching methods. It also provides guideline for home schooling parents. The book helps children become less intimidated by the English language through hundreds of ideas, tips, projects, and guidelines, so that they can become better writers, thinkers, and learners. Chapters in the book are: (1) "Kids Who Write"; (2) "The Building Blocks: Foundations for Writing in the Early Years"; (3) "Providing a Writing Environment"; (4) "Growing up Writing: Ages, Stages, and Readiness to Write"; (5) "How Writers Write: Understanding the Writing Process"; (6) "Writing Letters for Fun, Friends, and Profit"; (7) "Write Away! Using E-mail to Boost Your Child's Writing Skills"; (8) "Across the Miles: Writing Family Newsletters and Neighborhood Newspapers"; (9) "Help, Mom! I've Got to Write a Book Report"; (10) "Creative Journal Keeping: The Best Practice for Developing Writers"; (11) "Story Writing Exercises"; (12) "Bookmaking Projects for Children"; (13) "Writing Family History Stories"; (14) "Fun with Words: Word Play for Every Age"; (15) "Poetry Writing: The Magic of the Written Word"; and (16) "Helping Young Writers Break into Print." Appendixes contain a grammar guide; guidelines for assessing children's writing; and a list of magazines that publish young authors. Also attached is a list of ABC book ideas. (NKA)
AN: ED407707
AU: Klicka,-Christopher-J.
TI: Home Schooling in the United States: A Legal Analysis. Revised Edition.
CS: Home School Legal Defense Association, Paeonian Springs, VA.
PY: 1997
AV: Home School Legal Defense Association, P.O. Box 159, Paeonian Springs, VA 20129.
NT: 63 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Academic-Achievement; Educational-Legislation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Nontraditional-Education; Parents-As-Teachers; Private-Education
DE: *Home-Schooling; *School-Attendance-Legislation; *School-Law; *State-Regulation
AB: This document summarizes home-school laws in each of the 50 states. The first part highlights features of state statutes. By 1997, 35 states had adopted home-school statutes or regulations. Forty-one states did not require home-schooling parents to have any specific qualifications. The second part provides profiles of each of the 50 state's home-school legislation. An appendix offers statistics on academic performance derived from independent studies, state departments of education data, and local school district data. (Contains 24 end notes.) (LMI)
AN: EJ541515
AU: Brostrum,-David
TI: No Place Like the Library: Making Homeschoolers Feel at Home.
PY: 1997
JN: School-Library-Journal; v43 n3 p106-09 Mar 1997
DE: Books-; Journal-Articles; Outreach-Programs; Resource-Materials; Student-Volunteers; World-Wide-Web
DE: *Home-Schooling; *Library-Services; *Public-Libraries
AB: Discusses the use of public libraries by homeschoolers and gives examples of ways to serve homeschoolers, including specialized tours and using homeschooled children as volunteers for library programs. Homeschooler-initiated outreach programs are described, and a list of resources including Web sites, books, and journal articles is provided. (LRW)
AN: ED399648
AU: Lines,-Patricia-M.; And-Others
TI: Homeschooling Resources for Parents and Students.
CS: ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD.
PY: 1996
NT: 6 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Information-Sources; Instructional-Materials; Nontraditional-Education; Online-Systems; Parents-as-Teachers; Printed-Materials; Publications-
DE: *Educational-Resources; *Home-Programs; *Home-Schooling; *Private-Education
AB: This brochure highlights educational materials for parents who teach their children at home. Many of the sources are available through libraries, public schools, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and online services. The pamphlet lists 12 magazines and newsletters now available to homeschooling families, 8 electronic sources, and 17 books. (LMI)
AN: ED399647
AU: Lines,-Patricia-M.
TI: Homeschooling.
CS: ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD.
PY: 1996
NT: 6 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: Academic-Achievement; Compulsory-Education; Educational-Policy; Educational-Resources; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Federal-Government
DE: *Government-Role; *Home-Schooling; *Private-Education; *State-Regulation
AB: Choosing to homeschool or to educate a child traditionally is often a difficult and confusing decision for parents and guardians. To help them make the best possible choice, this brochure answers basic questions about homeschooling and suggests other useful sources of information. The questions include the following: (1) Do families have a right to school their children at home? (2) What does the federal government do for families who school at home? (3) How do educators and policymakers view homeschooling? (4) How well do home-schooled children do? (5) What are college-admission policies with regard to home-schooled students? and (6) What resources are available to homeschoolers? The brochure also identifies additional sources of information. (LMI)
AN: ED381849
AU: Lines,-Patricia-M.
TI: Home Schooling. ERIC Digest, Number 95.
CS: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, Oreg.
PY: 1995
AV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, University of Oregon, 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403 (free; $2.50 postage and handling).
NT: 3 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DER: Academic-Achievement; Child-Development; Civil-Liberties; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Family-School-Relationship; Government-School-Relationship; Home-Programs; Private-Education; School-Attendance-Legislation; Social-Development
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education
AB: A small but increasing number of school-aged children are engaging in home schooling--pursuing learning at home or elsewhere in the community. This digest summarizes research findings on and issues around home schooling. It describes the historical roots of home schooling, the estimated number of participants, the constitutionality and legal issues surrounding it, and the resources available to home schoolers. The effect of home schooling on children's social development is also examined. Disagreement exists about which is more beneficial to children--spending more time with mixed-age groups or with their peers. Public opinion is divided about home schooling. It is primarily opposed by professional educators' unions and associations; however, the parents' right to homeschool their children is generally upheld by the American Civil Liberties Union, most state legislatures, and the majority of respondents to a Gallup poll. (LMI)
AN: ED380234
AU: Mayberry,-Maralee; And-Others
TI: Home Schooling: Parents as Educators.
PY: 1995
AV: Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218 (paperback: ISBN-0-8039-6076-X, $18; hardcover: ISBN-0-8039-6075-1
NT: 139 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DER: Administrator-Attitudes; Cooperation-; Court-Litigation; Demography-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Family-School-Relationship; Parent-Attitudes; Parent-Teacher-Cooperation; Traditional-Schools
DEM: *Educational-Policy; *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Parent-Student-Relationship
AB: Acknowledging the growing trend to educate school-aged children at home, this book provides a detailed account of home schooling, providing a vision of home education that reflects its multidimensional nature. The book consists of seven chapters: (1) "Learning about Home Schools" describes the research study from which this book is drawn and discusses why it is important to understand home education; (2) "The Home Education Moveme
NT: What We Know" focuses on the evolution of the movement and the impact that public attitudes have on its development; (3) "Parents Who Teach Their Children at Home" examines the profile of parent educators and reveals that they come from a wide range of educational and economic backgrounds and hold a variety of political and religious beliefs; (4) "Seeing through the Eyes of Parent Educators" presents narratives from several parent educators that illustrate the meanings parents associate with the activity of home schooling; (5) "The Relationship between Home Schools and Conventional Schools: Parents' Perspectives" examines the issue of cooperation between home schools and formal schools, and describes some cooperative programs established in recent years; (6) "Implementation of Policies and Views of Superintendents" demonstrates school superintendents' interpretations of home and school regulations and their views about parent educators, and implications for policy; and (7) "The Future of Home Schooling" explores the intersections between social life, school life, and family life; raises questions regarding the relationship between home education parents, professional educators, and educational policy makers; and suggests directions for future research. Contains 156 references. (BAC)
AN: ED388318
AU: Brostrom,-David-C.
TI: A Guide to Homeschooling for Librarians. Highsmith Press Handbook Series.
PY: 1995
AV: Highsmith Press, W5527 Highway 106, P.O. Box 800, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800 ($15).
NT: 85 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Futures-of-Society; Information-Sources; Intellectual-Freedom; Librarian-Teacher-Cooperation; Library-Material-Selection; Library-Planning; Library-Policy; Nontraditional-Education
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Library-Role; *Library-Services; *User-Needs-Information
AB: This book is a guide to providing library resources and services that support homeschooling. The first section contains an overview of the homeschooling movement, statistics that show a nationwide trend toward this form of education, and an examination of the motivations, philosophies and educational styles of homeschoolers. The second section discusses how to determine the needs of homeschoolers and how to establish policies and programs that reflect those needs. Sample programs and services are presented in the words of librarians who have worked with homeschoolers. There is a list of the ten most requested topics for books and materials, lists of what homeschoolers liked the most and the least about their libraries, and suggestions from homeschoolers on how to provide better service. In the third section, critical issues in planning services are described: materials selection, intellectual freedom, balanced collections, and censorship. The fourth section looks at the future role of libraries in terms of the library as a "homeschool laboratory," cooperation between libraries, homeschoolers and school districts, and the onset of online home education. Appendices provide various sources for information on homeschooling including: homeschooling organizations; periodicals, newspapers, newsletters; correspondence schools and instructional service providers; homeschool curriculum and resource suppliers and publishers; suppliers of home education video and audiotapes; educational and/or homeschooling software suppliers; online home education connections; and a bibliography, as well as a homeschooling survey for librarians. (AEF)
AN: EJ509883
AU: Riemer,-Joel
TI: Perspectives from a Home-Schooling Educator.
PY: 1995
JN: Educational-Leadership; v52 n1 p53-54 Sep 1995
AV: UMI
DE: Elementary-Education; Ethical-Instruction
DE: *Christianity-; *Conservatism-; *Curriculum-Design; *Family-Life; *Home-Schooling; *Socialization-
AB: Religious conservatives and political libertarians share a family-centered vision of home schooling. Conservatives' home-schooling plans are usually based on Christian ethics and feature a core group of subjects--reading, writing, mathematics, science, religious studies, and history. The author and his wife, both certified teachers and home-schoolers, encourage nonteachers to home-school. (MLH)
AN: EJ509882
AU: Jeub,-Chris
TI: Why Parents Choose Home Schooling.
PY: 1995
JN: Educational-Leadership; v52 n1 p50-52 Sep 1995
AV: UMI
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education
DE: *Educational-Benefits; *Family-Characteristics; *Home-Schooling; *Parent-Child-Relationship; *Religious-Factors; *Socialization-
AB: Home schooling neither isolates children nor harms their academic growth, but approaches the true definition of education: the passing down of culture. Public schools have redefined family values and often fail to take religion seriously. Home-school parents see the family as a superior social institution; many value religion's cultural contribution. (MLH)
AN: EJ503886
AU: Prystowsky,-Richard
TI: "Am I Really Qualified to Teach My Own Children?": Some Thoughts on This Common and Provocative Question.
PY: 1995
JN: SKOLE:-The-Journal-of-Alternative-Education; v12 n1 p47-57 Win 1995
NT: Journal availability: Down-to-Earth Books, 72 Philip St., Albany, NY 12202.
DER: Competence-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Nontraditional-Education; Teacher-Effectiveness; Teacher-Role
DEM: *Altruism-; *Educational-Attitudes; *Home-Schooling; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Parent-Student-Relationship; *Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: Parents who are considering homeschooling their children should examine whether they are willing to engage in child-led learning, possess genuine humility and compassion, have the inner security to teach others freely, are themselves willing to learn, and possess patience. Discusses the rationale for and implications of homeschooling. (LP)
AN: EJ506578
AU: Marchant,-Gregory-J.; MacDonald,-Suzanne-C.
TI: Home Schooling Parents: An Analysis of Choice.
PY: 1994
JN: People-and-Education; v2 n1 p65-82 Mar 1994
NT: Single issues available from Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Surveys-; Textbooks-
DE: *Educational-Practices; *Educational-Quality; *Home-Schooling; *Parent-Attitudes; *Religious-Factors
AB: A growing number of parents are choosing to educate their children at home. This study explores the who, why, and how of home schooling from the parents' perspective. Quality of education and religious values were the two most frequent reasons for home schooling. Parents stressing educational quality were more likely to use textbooks; parents stressing religious values used commercial materials. (MLH)
AN: ED370211
AU: Gordon,-William-M.; And-Others
TI: The Law of Home Schooling. NOLPE Monograph Series, No. 52.
CS: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, Topeka, Kans.
PY: 1994
AV: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, 3601 S.W. 29th Street, Suite 223, Topeka, KS 66614.
NT: 79 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; State-Regulation
DE: *Compliance-Legal; *Court-Litigation; *Educational-Legislation; *Home-Schooling; *School-Law; *State-Legislation
AB: The number of parents who have chosen to educate their children at home has increased dramatically in recent years. Moreover, although less than one percent of school-aged children in the United States are schooled at home, a combination of judicial challenges and legislative activism have allowed advocates of home schooling to make major advances. In fact, the number of states with statutes explicitly permitting home schooling grew from two in 1982 to thirty-two at the close of 1993; two other states govern home schooling by regulations. After a brief historical overview, "The Law of Home Schooling" presents legal analyses. Given the interplay between litigation and legislation, these analyses focus primarily on case law based on the assumption that any statute or regulation is valid until it is challenged and found lacking. The final section of the monograph offers suggestions to help ensure compliance with the law even where regulations, rules, or policies are not completely clear. Thus, by carefully considering the constraints noted in "The Law of Home Schooling," school district officials can work effectively with families that have decided to engage in home schooling and should thereby be able to protect the rights of the real stakeholders in securing an education, the children. (Author)
AN: ED380187
AU: Moore,-Raymond; Moore,-Dorothy
TI: The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling.
PY: 1994
AV: Moore Foundation, P.O. Box 1, Camas, WA 98607.
NT: 302 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC13 Plus Postage.
DER: Child-Development; Classroom-Environment; Educational-Strategies; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Instructional-Development; Instructional-Effectiveness; Nontraditional-Education; Parent-Child-Relationship; Teacher-Burnout
DEM: *Curriculum-Development; *Home-Schooling; *Parents-as-Teachers
AB: Noting that most home-schooling materials adhere to conventional schooling at the cost of creativity, this handbook provides guidelines for building a successful home school curriculum, one that avoids student resentment and parent burnout, targets children's interest and motivation, and understands how a child's developmental stages contribute to learning. The guide is based on the Moore Formula for home schooling, which emphasizes a creative curriculum, skill-building work, and community or family service, and which results in low stress, low cost, and high achievement and sociability. The chapters in the book are divided into the following five parts: (1) "Can Homeschooling Be Both Successful and Stress-Free?"; (2) "Homeschooling Stress: Prevention and Remedy"; (3) "Making Homeschooling Successful"; (4) "Effective Homeschoolers Share Their Wisdom"; and (5) "Some Encouraging Information for Parents and Educators." A concise description of the Moore Formula for home schooling is presented in an epilogue. (SW)
AN: EJ497967
AU: Klipsch,-Pamela-R.
TI: An Educated Collection for Homeschoolers.
PY: 1995
JN: Library-Journal; v120 n2 p47-50 Feb 1 1995
AV: UMI
DER: Annotated-Bibliographies; Educational-Trends; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Information-Technology; Instructional-Materials; Interlibrary-Loans; Nontraditional-Education; Public-Education; Reference-Services
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Library-Material-Selection; *Library-Services; *Outreach-Programs; *User-Needs-Information
AB: Homeschooling is a fast-growing alternative to public education, and libraries must address its information needs. A resource list of 43 publications and addresses of organizations which support homeschooling is provided. (AEF)
AN: ED378635
AU: Ray,-Brian-D.
TI: Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drum! A Profile of Home Education Research.
CS: Home School Legal Defense Association, Paeonian Springs, VA.
PY: 1992
AV: National Home Education Research Institute, Western Baptist College, 50000 Deer Park Drive, S.E., Salem, OR 97301 ($10; $7 each on orders of 5 or more).
NT: 17 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DER: Academic-Achievement; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Private-Education; Religious-Factors; Socialization-
DEM: *Educational-Quality; *Homeschooling-; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers
AB: This publication summarizes recent research findings on home education. In particular, the booklet examines the movement's historical background; reasons why parents choose to home school their children; home-schooling characteristics, practices, and outcomes; and the impact on children's social development. Findings indicate that the home-education population is continuing to grow. Families who home school are not significantly unusual, but they have chosen an educational route for their children that is unique. The data also show that the home schooling population is diverse. In general, however, ideological beliefs are the foundation of parents' rationales for choosing home education. Home-educated children appear to do well in terms of academic achievement, participation in nonacademic activities, and measures of social and emotional adjustment. Research, however, has been limited by the lack of causal-comparative studies. It also rarely investigates the effect of home education on aspects most important to home educators, such as spiritual development, close family relationships, and adherence to religious values. Contrains 96 references. (LMI)
AN: ED371819
AU: Sheffer,-Susannah, Ed.
TI: Growing Without Schooling, December 1992 - October 1993.
PY: 1993
JN: Growing-Without-Schooling; n90-95 1992-93
AV: Holt Associates, Inc., 2269 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 (single copy, $4.50; 1-year subscription, $25).
NT: 193 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DER: Book-Reviews; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Foreign-Countries; Instructional-Material-Evaluation; Newsletters-; Organizations-Groups; Parent-Rights; Parent-Student-Relationship; Resource-Materials; Student-Adjustment; Student-Evaluation
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Instructional-Materials; *Learning-Activities; *Parent-Attitudes; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Students-
AB: This document consists of six issues of a bimonthly newsletter that focuses on home schooling, providing parents in the United States and other nations with ideas, activities, research, and resources to teach their children at home. Each issue contains short news items and reports on home schooling, letters from parents, letters on the challenges and concerns of home schooling, book and resource reviews, and a resource and information list. In addition, issue 90 contains a directory of families practicing home schooling and a list of home schooling organizations. Feature reports and letters from parents address such issues as: (1) homeschoolers of color; (2) the transition from homeschooling to college; (3) homeschooling an only child; (4) the transition from school to homeschool; (5) homeschooling for low-income families; (6) homeschooling group activities; (7) an interview with a school superintendent who supports homeschooling; (8) evaluation of homeschool students; and (9) communication with school officials. (MDM)
AN: ED336853
AU: Mirochnik,-Denise-A.; McIntire,-Walter-G.
TI: Homeschooling: Issues for Administrators. Occasional Paper Series, No. 12.
CS: Maine Univ., Orono. Coll. of Education.
PY: 1991
NT: 57 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DER: Educational-Assessment; Elementary-Secondary-Education
DEM: *Home-Programs; *Home-Schooling; *Nontraditional-Education; *Parents-as-Teachers; *State-Legislation; *State-Standards
AB: The growth of home schooling over the last 20 years in Maine and across the nation, state responses, and current controversies are described in this paper. Following an introduction, the first part provides definitions and discusses legal concerns of home schooling. The next part provides a historical overview that examines public school leadership and home/school relations. The scope and characteristics of families who teach their children at home are described in the third part. The fourth section describes home schooling in Maine, with a focus on the application process and current legislation. The concluding section examines issues pertinent to local school officials (such as superintendent responsibility, parental rights, and funding) to higher education; and to parents. The recommendation is made to foster collaboration among all education stakeholders. One table is included. Appendices contain proposed revisions of rules for home instruction (Chapter 130). (40 references) (LMI)
AN: EJ504230
AU: Knight,-L.-Sierra
TI: Home Schooling: A Way of Life.
PY: 1994
JN: Kamehameha-Journal-of-Education; v5 p141-49 Fall 1994
NT: Theme issue
Title: "Learning beyond Classroom Walls."
DER: Creative-Teaching; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Experiential-Learning; Nontraditional-Education; Teaching-Methods
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Individual-Development; *Parent-Child-Relationship; *Parents-as-Teachers
AB: Describes how one Hawaiian family home schooled their three children, explaining how they came to the decision to create such an educational program and noting how each child adapted to the program and its daily routines. The article also discusses the home schooling movement in general. (SM)
AN: ED367040
AU: Aiex,-Patrick-K.
TI: Home Schooling, Socialization, and Creativity in Children.
PY: 1994
NT: 15 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DER: Educational-Development;Elementary-Secondary-Education;Nontraditional -Education; Parent-Attitudes; Parents-as-Teachers; Parent-Student-Relationship
DEM: *Creative-Development; *Home-Schooling; *Interpersonal-Competence; *Self-Concept; *Socialization-
AB: After defining and tracing the historical background of home schooling in the United States, this paper focuses on studies which deal with: (1) the socialization of home-schooled children; and (2) creativity in home-schooled children. Noting that according to the Home School Legal Defense Association the number of home-schooled children has jumped from 15,000 in the early 80s to between 750,000-1,000,000 in 1994, the paper argues that the sheer increase in numbers has forced public school educators to take notice of home schooling. The paper concludes with an interview with a couple who home school their children, in which they recount their reasons for home schooling and their experiences with the process. (Contains 11 references.) (NKA)
AN: EJ449929
AU: Natale,-Jo-Anna
TI: Understanding Home Schooling.
PY: 1992
JN: American-School-Board-Journal; v179 n9 p26-27,29 Sep 1992
AV: UMI
DER: Educational-Cooperation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Public- Schools
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Parent-School-Relationship
AB: Public schools and home-school advocates have moved closer in tolerance. All 50 states now allow some kind of home schooling. Four states (Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and Iowa) allow home-schooled children to take part in public school extracurricular activities. One California district provides funds to home-schooling families to purchase textbooks. (MLF)
AN: ED372460
AU: Aiex,-Nola-Kortner
TI: Home Schooling and Socialization of Children. ERIC Digest.
CS: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN.
PY: 1994
AV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Indiana University, 2805 E. 10th St., Suite 140, Bloomington, IN 47408-2698.
NT: 3 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DER: Educational-Research; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Family-Influence; Individual-Development; Nontraditional-Education; Parent-Student-Relationship; Religious-Factors
DEM: *Home-Schooling; *Interpersonal-Competence; *Parents-as-Teachers; *Socialization-
AB: This digest offers background information on home schooling and discusses conflicting viewpoints culled from research on the socialization of home-schooled children. The digest first notes the rapidly escalating numbers of children who are being home schooled in the 1990s and comments upon the professionalization of resources offered for parents who home school. The digest then addresses some of the reasons that parents school their children at home. They inclu
DE: living in areas where schools are not readily available and being anxious about the physical well being of their children in an increasingly more violent school setting. Next the digest discusses current research on socialization of children. Finally, it is pointed out that most experts feel that more research on home schooling and socialization is necessary--that what is available is inconclusive. Contains 8 references. (NKA)
AN: ED349702
AU: McCarthy,-Martha
TI: Home Schooling and the Law. Policy Bulletin No. PB-B15.
CS: Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Education Policy Center.
PY: 1992
NT: 7 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Parents-as-Teachers; School- Attendance-Legislation
DEM: *Court-Litigation; *Home-Schooling; *Parent-Rights; *School-Law; *State-Legislation
AB: Many parents critical of public education have removed their children from public schools and are schooling them at home. Home schooling has generated a number of lawsuits. Controversies have arisen over the definitions of "school" and of "equivalent instruction," parents' qualifications to teach, and religious exemptions from state compulsory school attendance laws. Parents have focused recent efforts on the political process. Since 1982, 30 states have eased restrictions on home education programs. During the 1992 Indiana legislative session, a bill calling for extensive regulation of home education was dropped without a hearing. In Indiana, the number of registered home schoolers since 1985 has more than tripled: from 519 to 1,713. nationwide, the number of children being educated by home schooling is increasing, and this will likely be accompanied by pressure on state legislatures to deregulate home schooling. State policymakers face difficult decisions in striking the appropriate balance between state and individual interests. (Contains 35 references.) (MLF)
AN: ED342065
AU: Van-Galen,-Jane, Ed.; Pitman,-Mary-Anne, Ed.
TI: Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives. Social and Policy Issues in Education: The University of Cincinnati Series.
PY: 1991
AV: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, Norwood, NJ 07648 ($24.50).
NT: 224 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Family-Influence; Ideology-; Parent-School-Relationship; School-Choice
DEM: *Compulsory-Education; *Court-Litigation; *Home-Schooling; *Public-Education; *School-Law; *State-Legislation
AB: Although their perspectives differ, this volume's contributors agree that the home schooling movement offers an intriguing critique of traditional education. While nationally publicized school improvement measures call for increased bureaucratization, professionalism, and standardization, a growing number of families are choosing to forego traditional schooling altogether. This volume places these families' experiences within the broader framework of current debates over pedagogy, the organization and control of schooling, and the feasibility of pluralism in the common school. The first section, which contains chapters 1-4, concentrates on the parents and children learning at home. The first chapter summarizes home schooling demographics, and the second chapter treats home-schooled children's academic and social development. The next chapter presents qualitative vignettes of different home schooling populations--the ideologues and the pedagogues. Chapter 4 analyzes day-to-day interactions of children and adults in home schools. Part II, which contains chapters 5-8, discusses the significance of the home schooling movement. Chapter 5 analyzes trends in state regulation against the backdrop of increased parental choice in education. Chapter 6 critiques the individualist philosophy underlying home education and decries the loss of social reform through public schooling. Chapter 7 attributes this loss of faith in the secular mission of public schooling to the changing relationships among family, state, and school. The final chapter offers a comprehensive analysis of home schooling litigation and of constitutional challenges to state compulsory attendance statutes. Recommendations for policymakers are provided, along with extensive chapter references and an index.
AN: EJ416028
AU: Rakestraw,-Jennie-F.; Rakestraw,-Donald-A.
TI: Home Schooling: A Question of Quality, An Issue of Rights.
PY: 1990
JN: Educational-Forum; v55 n1 p67-77 Fall 1990
AV: UMI
DER: Elementary-Education
DEM: *Educational-Quality; *Home-Schooling; *Parent-Rights
AB: Parental freedom to teach their children at home has been promoted as a right that a democratic society should allow. Before it can become a workable educational alternative, underlying issues regarding the balance of power between society and parents must be settled. (Author/JOW)
AN: ED284324
AU: Van-Galen,-Jane-A.
TI: Home Schooling in Context.
PY: 1987
NT: 27 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987).
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Ethnography-; Futures-of-Society; Nontraditional-Education; Parent-School-Relationship; Parent-Student-Relationship; Religious-Education
DEM: *Educational-Assessment; *Home-Schooling; *Ideology-; *Parent-Role; *Social-Influences
AB: The social context within which home schooling takes place is described, and the ideological frameworks and contexts within which parents (most of them fundamentalist Christians) make schooling decisions are examined. Research involved participant observation and interviews with 16 home schooling families (13 families self-labeled "conservative Christians") and various educators for 18 months. Results show that parents' beliefs fall into either of two categories-- "ideologues" or "pedagogues." Ideological parents, when discussing the need for home schooling, frame their argument to educators as one of whether parents or public officials should determine what children are taught when the two parties disagree over fundamental issues. Pedagogical parents intend to teach their children essentially what schools would teach, but want learning apart from the bureaucratized institution. Educators claim that schools should protect children from their parents' provincialism, but this argument is speculative. Few schools are genuinely pluralistic and few seem successful at teaching much more than facts. The conflict between home schoolers and supporters of traditional education is essentially a principled power struggle between parents and schools. Study results demonstrate that home schooling is not merely an educational problem; the solutions usually recommended address not only parents' broader concerns but also the weaknesses of public education made explicit by the home schooling controversy. (CJH)
AN: EJ383237
AU: Frost,-Eugene-A.; Morris,-Robert-C.
TI: Does Home-Schooling Work? Some Insights for Academic Success.
PY: 1988
JN: Contemporary-Education; v59 n4 p223-27 Sum 1988
AV: UMI
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Educational-Trends; Elementary-Secondary- Education
DEM: *Academic-Achievement; *Home-Schooling
AB: A concise record of the growth of home-schools and a discussion of associated problems are presented. Results of a current regional study of academic achievement by 94 home-school students are related, as well as a summary of results from three other recent studies. (IAH)
AN: EJ376137
AU: Frost,-Gene
TI: The Academic Success of Students in Home Schooling.
PY: 1988
JN: Illinois-School-Research-and-Development; v24 n3 p111-17 Spr 1988
AV: UMI
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Educational-Cooperation; Educational-Research; Educational-Trends; Elementary-Education; Instructional-Effectiveness; Nontraditional-Education; Parent-School-Relationship
DEM: *Academic-Achievement; *Home-Schooling
AB: Summarizes four formal studies that measured the academic achievement of home-schooled students. Concludes that the home-schooled student is not necessarily academically disadvantaged. Asserts that public school administrators should assist home-schooling parents with curricular materials, library usage, testing, and extracurricular involvements. (MM)
AN: ED278489
AU: Ray,-Brian-D.
TI: A Comparison of Home Schooling and Conventional Schooling: with a Focus on Learner Outcomes.
PY: 1986
AV: Brian D. Ray, Science, Math, and Computer Science Education Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 ($8.00; 2 or more copies, $5.00 each).
NT: 58 p.; Requirements for doctoral degree, Oregon State University.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Elementary-Education; Nontraditional-Education
DEM: *Academic-Achievement; *Conventional-Instruction; *Emotional- Development; *Home-Schooling; *Outcomes-of-Education; *Public-Schools
AB: This review of literature compares schooling at home and in school. After definitions of home schooling and conventional schooling are supplied, general characteristics of home schools are delineated. Discussion subsequently focuses on the outcomes of home schooling. With respect to cognitive outcomes, the evidence suggests that youth educated in the home school environment will generally do as well or better than their conventional school peers. The vast majority of home school students score well above average on achievement tests. Likewise, the available empirical data suggest that home school youth are doing at least as well as those in conventional schools in terms of affective outcomes. Generally, the literature suggests that home schooling is related to positive or desirable learner outcomes. Concluding remarks offer explanations for the positive character of home schooling and suggest directions for further research.
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Publication: New York : LearningExpress,
Edition: 1st ed.
Year: 2002
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Title: Home schooling: the right choice : an academic, historical, practical, and legal perspective/
Author(s): Klicka, Christopher J., 1961-
Publication: Sisters, OR : Loyal Publishing,
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Year: 2000
ISBN: 1929125070
Title: The homeschooling revolution /
Author(s): Lyman, Isabel.
Publication: Amherst, Mass. : Bench Press International,
Year: 2000
ISBN: 0967043069
Title: Home schooling laws and resource guide for all fifty states /
Author(s): Deckard, Steve.
Publication: [Ramona, Calif.] : Vision Pub.,
Edition: 10th ed.
Year: 1999
ISBN: 1931178992
Title: The homeschooling handbook: from preschool to high school, a parent's guide /
Author(s): Griffith, Mary, 1953-
Publication: Rocklin, CA : Prima Pub.,
Edition: Rev. 2nd ed.
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0761517278
Title: Home schooling on the threshold: A survey of research at the dawn of the new millennium /
Author(s): Ray, Brian D.
Publication: Salem, OR : National Home Education Research Institute,
Year: 1999
Title: Homeschooling, the middle years: your complete guide to successfully homeschooling the 8- to 12-year-old child /
Author(s): Henry, Shari.
Publication: Rocklin, Calif. : Prima Pub.,
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0761520929
Title: The beginner's guide to homeschooling
Author: Farenga, Patrick.
Edition: 1998 ed.
Place: Cambridge, MA
Publisher: Holt Associates YEAR: 1998
Title: The homeschooling handbook from preschool to high school: A parent's guide
Author: Griffith, Mary, 1953-
Place: Rocklin, CA
Publisher: Prima Pub.
Year: 1997
ISBN: 0761501924
Title: California Homeschool Network's information on homeschooling in California.
Edition and Year: Library ed, 1997
Place: Vineburg, Calif.
Publisher: California Homeschool Network,
Title: Homeschooling resources for parents and students
Author: Lines, Patricia M.
year: 1996
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Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
Title: Simply homeschooling: A unique guide to assist the homeschooling parent
Author: Fogle, Karen L.
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