It’s a heckuva time to be a homeschooling researcher. As part of an advocacy and research organization that promotes choices in schooling, I am used to hearing from families that would like to ...

Before she decided to home-school her 10-year-old daughter, Laura Brodie was skeptical. Home schooling "was a little bit weird," she confesses in her new book, "Love in a Time of Homeschooling" ...

Since compulsory schooling was introduced in most developed countries roughly a century ago, sending children to school has become customary. This major innovation has boosted literacy and allowed ...

This fall marks the third school year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. School systems scrambled in spring 2020 to pivot to remote instruction, and while most schools began the 2020-21 school year ...

Life curriculums are the latest buzz online and it’s making “back-to-school” more of a universal experience. TikTok creator Elizabeth Jean started this trend last month. In a video, she talked about ...

U.S. Education Secretary John King revealed in September he’s concerned homeschool students aren’t getting the “rapid instructional experience” they would get in a traditional public school setting.

On this score, we look back on 50 years of federal involvement in K–12 schooling to highlight some lessons that can inform the next four years. In doing so, we draw on our 2012 book Carrots, Sticks, ...

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