Child Abuse, Homeschooling, and the CECANF Report
Last October, sixteen-year-old Natalie Finn of West Des Moines, Iowa, died of starvation and severe abuse at the hands of…
Arkansas Data Contradicts HSLDA’s Claims
Last week, Scott Woodruff of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) used homeschool testing data from Arkansas to argue…
Arkansas Data Contradicts HSLDA’s Claims
Last week, Scott Woodruff of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) used homeschool testing data from Arkansas to argue…
Should We Be Concerned about Low Homeschool SAT-Taking?
One of the homeschool lobby’s most touted claims is that homeschooled students score higher than public school students on the…
A Homeschool Glossary
Educational philosophies and approaches John Holt – a former teacher who called for homeschooling as a radical alternative to the…
Opacity in Data Reporting: A Look at Cardus (2011, 2012)
This post summarizes our research review, which provides a critical analysis of Pennings et al. (2011, 2012). Click HERE to read…
Choosing the Data that Supports Your Agenda: A Look at Ray 2010
This post summarizes our research review, which provides a critical analysis of Ray (2010). Click HERE to read a more…
The Homeschool Math Gap: The Data
The question of how homeschooled students fare academically has been raised countless times over the past three-and-a-half decades. Numerous volunteer-based…
Correcting the Record: A Look at Rudner 1999
This post summarizes our research review, which provides a critical analysis of Rudner (1999). Click HERE to read a more…
Fruit Salad Fallacies: Explaining “Control Groups”, “Random Sampling”, and “External Validity”
Research on homeschooling often uses very precise statistical concepts whose meanings aren’t always clear to all non-statistician readers. Today, we’re…