Doctor of Education (EdD), Ohio University, 2018, Educational Administration (Education)

Pedagogical and existential problems of the foster child population were examined including the history of orphan management and current methods for care. Also examined was the increasingly popular practice of homeschooling as well as its most autonomous variant, unschooling. Utilizing the methodology of bricolage, I leveraged the literature spanning both foster care and homeschooling juxtaposed against my own unschooling practice (with my own children) and interviews with other unschoolers to suggest a potential avenue for improvement to the education and subsequent life outcomes of the fostered population.

Committee: Charles Lowery (Committee Chair); Krisanna Machtmes (Committee Member); Karl Wheatley (Committee Member); Laura Harrison (Committee Member) Subjects: Education; Education Policy; Pedagogy; Social Work