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Please consider donating/supporting NHERI today Context Many new terms about education and schooling have been tossed around during the past five years: micro schools, pods, charter school at home, online schooling, and virtual schooling, and the list continues to grow. Some advocates of these terms imply or argue that there is so much variation and […]
Home School Researcher, Volume 37 No. 1, 2021, p. 1-10 Elizabeth Lapon Assistant Professor of Education, Franklin Pierce University, Sudbury, Massachusetts, lapone@franklinpierce.edu Abstract The purpose of this autoethnographic study is to describe certain ways in which homeschool education can nurture the needs of the whole child. The fact that many parents for the first time […]
The Context More empirical evidence shows that homeschooling doubled in the United States during the government pandemic lockdowns. The growth occurred from the 2019-2020 institutional school year to the 2020-2021 year, to perhaps as many as 5 million school-age children. The latest data come from the United States Census Bureau. Government restrictions and lockdowns forced […]
Martha López Coleman Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas mcoleman@hollins.edu Abstract Homeschooling is a growing trend in America. This historical comparative literature review traces the roots of the modern American homeschool movement through its start in the 1960s to the recent growth of online schools. A […]
Copyright © 2022 by Brian D. Ray Abstract The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2021-2022 academic school year. The estimate is derived by establishing the size of the nationwide school-age population, ascertaining the percentage of all students that were homeschooled, and assuming […]
Copyright © by National Home Education Research Institute [Also, see the new population size estimate for 2021-2022] Abstract The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2020-2021 academic school year. The estimate is derived by establishing the size of the nationwide school-age population, ascertaining […]
Guillermo Montes Associate Professor, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York gmontes@sjfc.edu Abstract Although there is substantial research on homeschooling and its correlates, much of the research has used samples that are likely to suffer from self-selection biases (Kunzman & Gaither, 2013). In this article, we use […]
Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Attachment theory was clearly developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (Bretherton, 1992) (e.g., see Bowlby, 1951). Bowlby, over a half century ago, was very clear about the importance of a mother, and father, to children’s healthy and proper development. He wrote the following: […]
Perceived Effectiveness of Home Education Event Marketing Tools
Abstract: Examines the prevalence and perceived effectiveness of prominent event marketing tools applicable to the home education conference and bookfair sector in the United States. The most commonly displayed organizational demographic in the home education conference and bookfair sector was that of a non-profit status. The greatest obstacle facing home education organizations is the availability of financial resources. Less than nine percent of home education conferences and bookfairs were professionally marketed in 2004. The event marketing tools employed in the sector, reported in order of frequency, were the organizational/event website, word-of-mouth communication, and local support group distribution. Of these tools, websites and word-of-mouth were perceived by event directors as being the most effective. Two event attributes reported to have the most influence on event attendance were organizational/event reputation and quality of program/speakers. Despite their nonprofit status, homeschool event sponsors must attract customers and/or funding or risk limiting the accomplishment of their objectives.
Ryan B. Lunsford, *Volume 25, Number 2, 2009, p. 1-9.
Southwestern College, Phoenix, Arizona 85032, ryan.lunsford@swcaz.edu
* Volumes and numbers are re-structured beginning in 2009.
Ryan B. Lunsford Southwestern College, Phoenix, Arizona 85032, ryan.lunsford@swcaz.edu Abstract Examines the prevalence and perceived effectiveness of prominent event marketing tools applicable to the home education conference and bookfair sector in the United States. The most commonly displayed organizational demographic in the home education conference and bookfair sector was that of a non-profit status. […]
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