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The Politics of Homeschooling

New Developments, New Challenges

Bruce S. Cooper

Fordham University

John Sureau

Fordham University

Homeschooling has developed from a small, isolated, parent-led effort to a vibrant national movement to lobby for and legalize K-12 education at home in all 50 states. Although a majority of homeschool families are Evangelical Christians, the others come from a variety of religious and nonreligious backgrounds, giving homeschooling a broad national political and social base. Homeschool families have organized regional and national associations, gained children’s access to after-school and even during-school classes and activities in local public schools, and increasingly gained entry to college. About 1.35 million children in the country are being officially home-schooled, making it a vital and expanding form of private education and political force in U.S. society.

Key Words: homeschooling • legalization • National Home School Legal Defense Association (NHSLDA) • evangelical Christian • privatization • school choice • role of family in education • Home School Education Research Institute (NHERI) • Community Home Education Program (CHEP)

Educational Policy, Vol. 21, No. 1, 110-131 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0895904806296856
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