During the past few years, some news stories have implied a special connection between child abuse, child neglect, or child fatalities and homeschooling.
This brief paper addresses the following question: Has any research been done that provides any empirical evidence regarding the rates of child abuse, child neglect, or abuse-related child fatalities in homeschooling families compared to the rates in the subpopulations of families who engage in public schooling or private schooling?
The article, written here, is by Dr. Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI)
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