Lopez Turley, Ruth NRhodes, Anna2020-08-142020-08-142020-082020-08-13August 202Lewis, Bethany A. "Avoiding "Mommy Grades": Homeschool Parent Strategies for College Preparation." (2020) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109202">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109202</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109202Homeschooling high school presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges for parents who want their children to attend college. This study draws upon a set of qualitative interviews with homeschooling mothers in the Houston, TX area who are currently or have recently homeschooled children for high school. The study finds that parents feel homeschooling is the ideal way to prepare their children for college, but the structural constraints of the practice coupled with their concerns of how colleges evaluate homeschooled applicants led them to depend heavily on homeschool instruction provided outside of the home. Though outsourcing was a practice used by families before their children entered high school, it took on new and important meanings as their children progressed closer to the external evaluation of the college admissions process. These findings highlight how college preparation among homeschooling families in Texas is dependent upon familial privilege and speaks to the gatekeeping power of college admissions.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.homeschoolcollege preparationThesis2020-08-14