RT @FlowTap1: Great story about a new report by @ua_edreform alums @AngelaRWatson & @hmatthewlee: “Homeschool participation has grown drama….

Find our working paper here: @PJesseRine @ACSIPresident @AlisonHeapeJohn @hadleyonfire @NickJHiggins @Merobinaa.

Intuitively, we found that a school's Christian faith identity mattered more for students who attended religious services at least weekly. These students were twice as likely to choose a school with a Christian faith identity than another college or university.

Schools' academic and job placement reputation, as well as their Christian faith identity, produced the largest effect sizes -- about 20 percentage points. Tuition, extracurricular opportunities, and distance were secondary considerations, while size did not factor in at all.

We survey nearly 1,000 private Christian school students using an experimental survey design called conjoint analysis, to see how various school characteristics--reputation, size, faith identity, extracurricular opportunities, tuition, and distance--would affect their decision.

How do private Christian school students choose which college or university to attend? New @ACSIUSA working paper with @riandjita examines this question.

"These are the data we seek in all other education sectors, and this work will help put homeschooling research onto equal footing with options like charter and private schools. It’s invaluable." @educationgadfly @AngelaRWatson

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"The report also emphasizes choice as a central theme, with empowered parents at the center – choosing what is best for each of their children, even on an annual basis." Thanks to @HerzogEducation @ReadTheLion for covering our work! @AngelaRWatson

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I've crossed the Pixar threshold in appendix tables.

RT @AngelaRWatson: More Than a Third of Homeschool Families Also Use Public Schools, New Data Shows @The74

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RT @ASmithAZ: This might be surprising to some folks, but many homeschoolers are democrats. A recent survey by @AngelaRWatson and @hmatth….

RT @AngelaRWatson: New working paper with @hmatthewlee is out! MAJOR findings, worth the read. In a nutshell, homeschool families are not….

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When it comes to defining success, we find that homeschooling parents are similar to other parents with one exception: college attendance. Homeschoolers tend to graduate from college at lower rates, but this seems to be a matter of preference, not attainment.

We find substantial evidence of sector "mixing" in homeschooling households: 35% of homeschooling households have at least one student enrolled in a traditional public school, 13% in a private school, and 9% in a public charter school.

We find homeschooling is a diverse and heterodox movement: 15% of homeschoolers are Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 29% identify as Democrat (25% liberal), 27% Independent (32% moderate); 44% attend religious services weekly, 25% less than weekly, and 31% not at all.