1st Edition

Post-Pandemic Research on Modern American Homeschooling Diversity within the Homeschooling Community

Edited By Angela R. Watson Copyright 2026
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Homeschooling in the United States has expanded steadily for decades, but its growth accelerated dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing unprecedented diversity in who homeschools and why. This second volume—paired with the first from a special Journal of School Choice issue dedicated to rigorous homeschooling research—aims to elevate the quality of scholarship and inform... Read more

Introduction 

Angela R. Watson

 

1. The Changing Face of American Homeschool: A 25-Year Comparison of Race and Ethnicity

Alanna Bjorklund-Young and Angela R. Watson

 

2. Socio-Historical and Contemporary Context of Black Home Education within the Black Belt of the American South

Timberly Baker

 

3. Black Homeschooling: A Response to Racialized Educational Terrain

Moriah Johnson

 

4. “We Hold Culture in Our Hearts”: A Phenomenological Study of Hispanic/Latina Homeschool Experiences

Christy Batts, María Heysha Carrillo Carrasquillo, Oscar R. Miranda Tapia and Lisa Bass

 

5. “That Percentage of Safer”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Homeschool Parents’ Perspectives of School Safety

Christy Batts, John Kristof, and Kelsie Yohe

 

6. Gifted Students Learning in Homeschool Settings: Research and Policy Recommendations

Annie Connolly-Sporing, Rachael A. Cody and Jonathan A. Plucker

 

7. Are Hybrid Schoolers Reluctant to Participate in Private School Choice Programs? Experimental Evidence from a National Sample of Hybrid School Leaders

John Thompson, Matthew H. Lee and Eric Wearne

 

8. Contemporary Homeschooling, Persistent Debates, and the Need for a New Generation of Research

Daniel Hamlin

Biography

Angela R. Watson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and a senior research fellow at the Institute for Education Policy. She has researched homeschooling for nearly a decade and is the director of the Johns Hopkins Homeschool Research Lab and the creator of the Homeschool Hub – the leading repository of longitudinal homeschool participation data. She is widely regarded as a national and international expert on homeschooling.