About
Eric Wearne is a Visiting Associate Professor with the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University. He was previously Provost at Holy Spirit College, Associate Professor of Education at Georgia Gwinnett College, and Deputy Director of the Governor's Office of Student Achievement in Atlanta.
His work focuses on school choice and education policy. Prior to joining GGC’s faculty, Dr. Wearne was Deputy Director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement in Atlanta, where he managed the publication of the annual State Report Card and Scoreboard, facilitated several Georgia-specific research projects, and played a major role in planning and conducting statewide audits of standardized testing practices in Georgia's public schools.
Dr. Wearne’s empirical work focuses on education policy and school choice. His main line of research involves hybrid homeschools around the U.S. He has also written on political theorists in education such as Michael Oakeshott and Charlotte Mason. His work has been published by the Journal of School Choice, the Peabody Journal of Education, and Home School Researcher, among others. Dr. Wearne has served as a teacher, advisor, or grant reviewer for charter, private, and traditional public schools, and has done extensive work with homeschoolers. He began his career teaching high school English and Debate at Duluth High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Emory University, a M.A. in English Education from the University of Georgia and a B.A. in English from Florida State University.
His book, Little Platoons: Defining Hybrid Home Schooling in America with Lexington Books was published in 2020.