Home Schooling

Abstract:

Home schooling is one of the oldest school choice options available to parents and their children; however, it is not often regarded as a school choice option, nor has there been much review of how the advent of school choice may be affecting home schooling. According to widely-repeated estimates, as many as two million American children are schooled at home, with
the number growing as much as 15 to 20 percent per year. At the same time, however, home schooling has received little attention compared with other recent changes in the educational system, such as the growth of charter schools. It could be argued that home schooling may have a much larger impact on educational system, both in the short and long run.
In this report, Homeschooling in Lane County by Kathy L. M. Miles, this qualitative study examined the subject of reasons why parents are home schooling their children, how home and school can cooperate and integrate to educate children, and the high...