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Our January roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have four items this month: on single-parent homeschooling; homeschooling theory; homeschooling in the Persian Gulf region; and homeschooling spouses.
🔎 Homeschool Research & News
Monthly roundups of recent academic research and news about homeschooling, both positive and critical, with summaries and links to sources. Subscribe to our free River Houses homeschool newsletter to get more posts like these, along with a rich assortment of homeschool teaching materials, delivered right to your mailbox every week. 📫
❡ Explore more: For our general readership, we maintain twelve months' worth of research digests on this index page. If you'd like to investigate the academic literature on homeschooling more extensively, the best place to start is Google Scholar, the special academic search engine from Google. Just enter a search term or phrase of interest (“homeschool,” “unschooling,” “classical homeschooling,” “deschooling,” etc.), and Google Scholar will return a list of research publications that mention your topic. In addition, for research prior to 2020 in particular, see the detailed bibliographic essay by Kunzman & Gaither (2020), “Homeschooling: An Updated Comprehensive Survey of the Research.” 🔎
❡ An online conference: In the spring of 2021, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government hosted a series of online panel discussions about homeschooling that included contributions from homeschool researchers, advocates, critics, and parents. The videos of all those discussions are archived on the Kennedy School's website and they provide a good overview of the full spectrum of opinion on homeschooling policy, theory, and practice. 🖥️
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for December
Our December roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: on homeschooling and mental well-being; homeschooling and human services; and homeschooling in the Middle East.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for November
Our November roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items for the month: on homeschooling in Brazil; homeschooling and moral development; and self-efficacy in homeschool students.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for October
Our October roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have four items this month: on homeschooling and human rights; homeschooling in Brazil; homeschooling in Ukraine; and special needs homeschooling.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for September
Our September roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: on homeschooling and disability; deciding to homeschool; and homeschooling and technology.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for August
Our August roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: on homeschool academic achievement; homeschooling and music; and homeschooling in Nigeria.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for July
Our July roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have two items this month: on homeschooling in Pakistan; and on assessment in homeschooling.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for June
Our June roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have four items this month: on homeschooling and college; homeschooling in Malaysia; the meaning of success in homeschooling; and homeschooling and music.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for May
Our May roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: on homeschooling trends in the United States; homeschool parents in Indonesia; and philosophical arguments against homeschooling.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for April
Our April roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have six items this month: on government regulation of homeschooling; homeschooling in the Philippines; homeschooling in Canada; alleged maltreatment of homeschool students; U.S. homeschooling trends; and public perceptions of homeschoolers.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for March
Our March roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have two items this month: on homeschooling and citizenship; and homeschooling in Indonesia.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for February
Our February roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: on homeschoolers’ self-perceptions; student variability in homeschooling; and homeschooling children with autism.