An Economic Theory of Home Schooling

Brian Baugus

doi:10.5771/9781793631756

Summary

In this book, Brian Baugus examines home schooling as an education enterprise, arguing that successful home school families have the same characteristics and motivations as entrepreneurs. Baugus examines the history and economic theories behind home schooling to explain the rational decision-making that motivates home schooling endeavors, examining dissatisfaction with mainstream education, expectations of return on investment, and resistance from established providers.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3174-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3175-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 140
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. In the Beginning . . . No access
2. Why Hippies and Christians? A Social Connectivity Theory of Home Schooling’s Origins No access
3. What This Book Does from Here No access
4. Notes No access
1. Two Views of the Public-school System No access
2. Notes No access
1. What Is an Entrepreneur? No access
2. Entrepreneurial Analysis Applied to Home Schooling No access
3. Are Home School Families Entrepreneurs? No access
4. Notes No access
1. It Is Not the Stereotype No access
2. Notes No access
1. Home Schooling: The Investment No access
2. So Which Cost Curves Shifted? No access
3. Profit Maximization: The Right Analysis? No access
4. Home School Profits No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Public School Is a Government Office No access
2. The Political Battles No access
3. Notes No access
1. Note No access
Bibliography No access Pages 125 - 132
Index No access Pages 133 - 138
About the Author No access Pages 139 - 140