Home School Researcher (HSR) is a peer-reviewed, refereed, academic journal. This scholarly periodical was founded in 1985 as a quarterly publication that focuses on homeschooling research (or homeschool research). Topics covered are wide-ranging. In addition to the peer-reviewed research articles, editorials are included. Here you will find access to all back issues and the current issue.
Volume 38, Issue 1, 2022
- Quantitative Insights into the Academic Outcomes of Homeschools from Classic Learning Test
- Contra-Bartholet: Rights of Children vs. Rights of the State
Volume 37, Issue 4, 2022
- Transcending “Standard” Curricula: Homeschooling Pedagogy that Promotes Cultural Compassion and Self-Efficacy
- Beating a Dead Horse: Why Socialization is an Insignificant Issue for Homeschooling
Volume 37, Issue 3, 2022
Volume 37, Issue 2, 2022
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2022
Volume 36, Issue 4, 2021
Volume 36, Issue 3, 2021
Volume 36, Issue 2, 2021
to be published
Volume 36, Issue 1, 2020
Volume 35, Issue 4, 2019
Volume 35, Issue 3, 2019
Volume 35, Issue 2, 2019
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2019
Volume 34, Issue 4, 2018
Volume 34, Issue 3, 2018
Volume 34, Issue 2, 2018
Volume 34, Issue 1, 2018
Volume 33, Issue 4
Volume 33, Issue 3
- University-Model Schools®: A Survey of Families in Five States
- Brief Comments on “That Kind of Girl: Effects of Homeschooling on the Sexual Health of Women and Girls” by Vicry
Volume 33, Issue 2
- Homeschooling in Brazil: An Overview
- Homeschooling Growth Nationwide: Multiple Data Points Indicate a Continued Increase through 2016
Volume 33, Issue 1
Volume 32, Issue 4
- Homeschooled Teachers and the Apprenticeship of Observation
- Comments on “Parental Influence on the Cardiovascular Health and Body Composition of Homeschool Children” by Wachob and Alman
Volume 32, Issue 3
- Cutting Class: Experiences of Gifted Adolescents Who Switched to Homeschooling
- Despising Private Home-Based Homeschooling Education and Contorting Rights: A Review of Robin West’s “A Tale of Two Rights”
Volume 32, Issue 2
- Homeschooling Approach: How Do Parents Decide?
- Homeschooling for Talent Development in Gifted Students
Volume 32, Issue 1
- The Difference in the Academic Achievements of Homeschooled and Non-Homeschooled Students
- Comments on Black Homeschoolers: Nowhere Left to Go
Volume 31, Issue 4
- The Determinants of Homeschooling: Evidence from the National Household Education Surveys (NHES) Program
- Comments on “Reconstituting the Right to Education” by Joshua E. Weishart
Volume 31, Issue 3
- Homeschool Curriculum Choices: A Phenomenological Study
- Comments on “A Randomized Control Trial of the Effects of a Statewide Voluntary Prekindergarten Program on Children’s Skills and Behaviors through Third Grade” by Lipsey, Farran, and Hofer
Volume 31, Issue 2
- Parents’ Perspectives on Homeschooling: A Case Study in Southern U.S.
- Comments on “Are Homeschooled Adolescents Less Likely to Use Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs?” by Vaughn et al.
Volume 31, Issue 1
- The Social and Emotional Health of Homeschooled Students in the United States: A Population-Based Comparison with Publicly Schooled Students Based on the National Survey of Children’s Health, 2007
- Comments on “Relationships of Parental Homeschooling Approaches Including Technology Integration” by Letitia Walters
Volume 30, Issue 4
- Homeschooling in Brazil: The Demographics and Motivations of Parental Educators
- Flashback: Mums and Their Tykes Learning Together
Volume 30, Issue 3
- Left, Right, and Online: A Historic View of Homeschooling
- A Brief Review of “An Exploratory Study on Mental Health and Attitude Towards Psychotherapy Among Grown Homeschoolers and Homeschooling Parents” by Dedeaux
Volume 30, Issue 2
- Homeschooling Internationally: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Phenomena
- Whose Children? Rethinking Schools and Education (2nd Edition)
Volume 30, Issue 1
- Whose Children? Rethinking Schools and Education
- A Brief Review of “Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance? Evidence from a Christian University” by Cheng
Volume 29, Issue 4
- A Brief Review of “Home-Schooled Children are Thinner, Leaner, and Report Better Diets …” by Cardel et al.
- The Most Private Private Education: Home Education in Australia
Volume 29, Issue 3
- A Brief Review of Federal Government Report on Homeschool Growth, by Noel, Stark, and Redford
- Economic Impact of Home and Private Schooling on the Public Education System: Iowa as a Case Study
Volume 29, Issue 2
- A Brief Review of Religion, volunteering, and educational setting: The effect of youth schooling type on civic engagement, by Hill and Den Dulk
- A Heuristic Inquiry into the Stress that Home Educators Experience
Volume 29, Issue 1
- A Brief Review of “Study: Homeschool Students Sleep Better”
- Explaining the Change in Homeschooling, 1970-2010
Volume 28, Issue 1
- A Brief Review of “The Impact of Homeschooling on the Adjustment of College Students” by Drenovsky and Cohen
- A Third Reason to Home School: Leadership Development
Volume 27, Issue 1
- A Brief Review of “Taking Children’s Interests Seriously” by Fineman
- Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions and Beliefs Regarding Homeschooling Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Volume 26, Issue 3
- A Brief Review of Homeschooled Students in College by Bolle-Brummond and Wessel
- Compliance in Homeschooled Children
Volume 26, Issue 2
- A Brief Review of The Impact of Schooling on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Homeschooled and Traditionally schooled students by Martin-Chang, Gould, and Meuse
- An Exploratory Study of U. S. Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs About Homeschooling Outcomes
Volume 26, Issue 1
Volume 25, Issue 4
- Common Features of Modern Mass Schooling, and Homeschooling
- Learning Style and Academic Achievement in Homeschooled Children
Volume 25, Issue 3
- The Harms of Homeschooling? Where Are the Premises?
- Transition from Home Education to Higher Education: Academic and Social Issues
Volume 25, Issue 2
- Perceived Effectiveness of Home Education Event Marketing Tools
- Who’s Afraid of “the Other”? How About Mixing It Up?
Volume 25, Issue 1
- Examination of Previously Homeschooled College Students with the Big Five Model of Personality
- Strengthening the Ties that Bind
Volume 17, Issue 4
Volume 17, Issue 3
- Chinese Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Home Schooling
- Social Skills and Satisfaction with Social Relationships
Volume 17, Issue 2
- An Analysis of Homeschooled and Non-Homeschooled Students’ Performance on an ACT Mathematics Test
- An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Home and Private Schooling in Nevada
Volume 17, Issue 1
- Homeschooled Children’s Social Skills
- Homeschooling as “Educational Neglect” or Neglected Research Standards?
Volume 16, Issue 4
Volume 16, Issue 3
Volume 16, Issue 2
- Home School Graduates and Their Mothers Talk About Literacy Instruction
- Religious Outcomes in Conventionally Schooled and Home Schooled Youth
Volume 16, Issue 1
Volume 15, Issue 4
- Social Development in Traditionally Schooled and Home Educated Children: A Case for Increased . . .
- Unexplored Territory: Writing Instruction in Pennsylvania Homeschool Settings, Grades 9-12, Part I
Volume 15, Issue 3
Volume 15, Issue 2
- Home Schooling as a Key Factor in a Political Election: A Case Study
- Home Schooling Children With Special Needs: A Descriptive Study
Volume 15, Issue 1
- Home-Schooled Students’ Perceptions of the Transition to Public School: Struggles, Adjustments, …
- What Are British Home Educators Opting Out Of?
Volume 14, Issue 4
- Education, Engineering and Enlightenment; The Three E’s. State and Home Education Contrasted
- Factors That Influence Parents to Homeschool in Southern California
Volume 14, Issue 3
- Getting Inside Families: Exploring a Case Study Research Issue in Homeschooling
- Self-Esteem and Home Schooling Socialization Research: A Work in Progress
Volume 14, Issue 2
- Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Homeschooled Children
- Home Education, Information, and Communication Technology and the Search for a New Paradigm in Educa
- Socialization and Home Educated Children: An Exploratory Study
Volume 14, Issue 1
- Public, Private, and Home School Children’s Views of Forgiveness and Retribution in Cinderella
- The Perceived Impact of Home Schooling on the Family in General and the Mother-Teacher in Particular
Volume 13, Issue 4
- The Homeschool Movement in the Postmodern Age
- The Perceived Impact of Home Schooling on the Family in General and the Mother-Teacher in Particular
Volume 13, Issue 3
- A Radical Ideology for Home Education: The Journey of John Holt from School Critic to Home School…
- An An Analysis of Print Media Coverage of Homeschooling: 1985-1996
Volume 13, Issue 2
- A Descriptive Study and Needs Assessment of the Typical Washington Homeschool Family
- An Investigation of the Admission Standards of United States Colleges and Universities for Home…
Volume 13, Issue 1
Volume 12, Issue 3
Volume 12, Issue 2
- WILL THE SEPARATION OF SCHOOL AND STATE STRENGTHEN FAMILIES? : SOME EVIDENCE FROM FERTILITY PATTERNS
Volume 12, Issue 1
- CREATIVITY IN HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN
- PHYSICAL FITNESS AND ACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN
Volume 11, Issue 4
- Errata
- HOME SCHOOLING: AN EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION
- HOME SCHOOLING: WHAT’S HARD? WHAT HELPS?
Volume 11, Issue 3
Volume 11, Issue 2
- AN ANALYSIS OF HOME EDUCATION RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
- MUSIC IN HOME EDUCATION: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING MUSIC
Volume 11, Issue 1
Volume 10, Issue 4
- DIFFERENCES IN CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS EDUCATED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
- PARENT EDUCATION LEVELS AS THEY RELATE TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN
Volume 10, Issue 3
- HOMESCHOOLING: PRIVATE CHOICES AND PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS
- PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HOME EDUCATED CHILDREN: APTITUDE, SELF-CONCEPT, AND PEDAG…
Volume 10, Issue 2
- INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT OF HOME SCHOOLING EDUCATION
- LEGAL CHALLENGES TO HOME SCHOOLING AN UPDATE FOR 1992 TO 1993
Volume 10, Issue 1
- CROSS?VALIDATION OF A MULTIVARIATE PATH ANALYSIS OF PREDICTORS OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENT ACADEMIC…
- HOME VS. PUBLIC SCHOOLERS: DIFFERING SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Volume 09, Issue 4
Volume 09, Issue 3
Volume 09, Issue 2
Volume 09, Issue 1
Volume 08, Issue 4
Volume 08, Issue 3
Volume 08, Issue 2
- A COMPARISON OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MOTOR SKILL ABILITIES OF HOME SCHOOL AND CONVENTIONAL SCHOOL…
- MATH: WHAT WORKS WELL AT HOME
Volume 08, Issue 1
- POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF HOME SCHOOL PARENTS: RESULTS OF AN ONGOING STUDY IN…
- WHAT HOME EDUCATORS NEED, WANT, AND USE FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS: RESULTS FROM AND ONGOING STUDY…
Volume 07, Issue 4
- ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS: PROMISES AND PROBLEMS FOR HOME-BASED EDUCATION POLICY
- SOCIALIZATION OF HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN: A SELF-CONCEPT STUDY
Volume 07, Issue 3
- HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT PARTICIPATION: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
- SELF-CONCEPT OF BAPTIST CHILDREN IN THREE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
- SOCIALIZATION OF HOME SCHOOL CHILDREN VERSUS CONVENTIONAL SCHOOL CHILDREN
Volume 07, Issue 2
Volume 07, Issue 1
- CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES ON THE HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT*
- SOCIALIZATION PRACTICES OF CHRISTIAN HOME SCHOOL EDUCATORS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
Volume 06, Issue 4
- ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SELECTED VARIABLES…
- RECENT RESULTS FROM THE WASHINGTON HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECT
Volume 06, Issue 3
- STRUCTURE AND INTERACTION PATTERNS OF HOME SCHOOL FAMILIES
- THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH TO CREATIVITY IN HOME…
Volume 06, Issue 2
- AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE RATIONALES PARENTS HAVE FOR HOME SCHOOLING
- PARENTS TEACHING READING AND WRITING AT HOME: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY
Volume 06, Issue 1
- HOME INSTRUCTION: A NATIONAL STUDY OF STATE LAW
- MOTIVATION AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION IN THE NEW CHRISTIAN RIGHT HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT
Volume 05, Issue 4
- HOME SCHOOL: FOR SOME AN OPTION, FOR OTHERS AN IMPERATIVE
- NORMS, STANDARDS, AND NONSENSE: TESTING POLICY GONE BAD
Volume 05, Issue 3
- TEACHING FOR THE NEW AGE: A STUDY OF NEW AGE FAMILIES WHO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME
- UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS’ BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND INTENTIONS…
Volume 05, Issue 2
- REASONS FOR SELECTING HOME SCHOOLING IN THE CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE VICINITY
- SOUTH CAROLINA’S EDUCATION ENTRANCE EXAMINATION: A STUDY OF ITS SUITABILITY FOR USE WITH HOME…
Volume 05, Issue 1
- A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOME SCHOOLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION
- THE EFFECT OF HOME SCHOOLING ON THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS
Volume 04, Issue 4
Volume 04, Issue 3
- REASONING ABILITIES OF HOME-EDUCATED CHILDREN
- WHY HOME SCHOOLING? A PROFILE OF FOUR CATEGORIES OF HOME SCHOOLERS
Volume 04, Issue 1
- THE 1987-88 OREGON HOME SCHOOL SURVEY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE…
- UNDERSTANDING PARENTS WHO TEACH CHILDREN AT HOME: THE VALUE OF A LIFE HISTORY APPROACH
Volume 04, Issue 2
- A STUDY OF HOME SCHOOLING: PARENTAL MOTIVATION AND GOALS
- SUMMARY OF TWO REPORTS FROM THE WASHINGTON HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECT, 1987
Volume 03, Issue 3
- HOME EDUCATION: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE STATUTES AND CASE LAW
- PRESENTING: RUSSELL DOLL
- REVIEW OF “HOME EDUCATED CHILDREN’S SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A …
Volume 03, Issue 4
- BARNEBEY’S STUDY OF UNIVERSITY ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME SCHOOLED APPLICANTS, AND A FOLLOW-UP
- Review of HOME SCHOOLING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE BY MARY ANNE PITMAN
- THE HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
Volume 03, Issue 2
- PRESENTING: MARALEE MAYBERRY
- REVIEW OF “AN OVERVIEW OF HOME INSTRUCTION BY PATRICIA M. LINES
- REVIEW OF “SCHOOLING IN PRIVATE: A STUDY OF HOME EDUCATION” BY JANE VAN GALEN
- THE FRONTIER OF EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM: HOME SCHOOLING
Volume 03, Issue 1
- COMMENTS ON 1986 REPORT FROM WASHINGTON HOMESCHOOL TESTING AND DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION BY JON WARTES
- ON CASE STUDIES OF FOUR FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HOME EDUCATION
- PRESENTING: BEVERLY SCHEMMER
- REPORT FROM THE 1986 HOMESCHOOL TESTING AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WASHINGTON’S…
Volume 02, Issue 4
- PRESENTING: ALAN B. ROSE
- PRESENTING: JAYN ALLIE-CARSON
- [A review/summary of] “A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOME SCHOOLING FAMILIES IN…
Volume 02, Issue 3
- COMMENTS ON SHEPHERD’S HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT STUDY
- On “Adults’ cognitive demands at home and at nursery school”…
- THE HOME SCHOOLING MOVEMENT: AN EMERGING CONFLICT IN AMERICAN EDUCATION
Volume 02, Issue 2
- ALASKA’ S CENTRALIZED CORRESPONDENCE STUDY PROGRAM
- COMMENTS ON THE SELF-CONCEPT STUDY BY JOHN WESLEY TAYLOR V
- PRESENTING: JON WARTES
- SELF-CONCEPT IN HOME-SCHOOLING CHILDREN
Volume 02, Issue 1
- HOME BASED LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
- PRESENTING: JOHN WESLEY TAYLOR V
- REVIEW OF “HOMES AS SCHOOLS” BY JACK McCURDY
Volume 01, Issue 4
- PRESENTING: SUE GREENE
- REVIEW OF “IT DEPENDS ON YOUR AIM” BY RAYMOND MOORE
- Summary of HOME STUDY IN ALASKA: A PROFILE OF K-12 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ALASKA CENTRALIZED…
Volume 01, Issue 3
- ON COMPELLING BELIEF: THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN SCHOOLING by STEPHEN ARONS
- PRESENTING: MIKE SHEPHERD
- PRESENTING: TOM TEHAN
Volume 01, Issue 2
- PRESENTING: ELLEN MOELLER
- PRESENTING: JANE VAN GALEN
- REVIEW OF “WHY TEACHERS FAIL” BY JOHN HOLT
- SCHOOLS AS A CAUSE OF BEHAVIOR DISORDERS