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  "slug": "global-homeschool-transition-report-2026",
  "shortTitle": "Transitions",
  "title": "Global Homeschool Transition Report 2026",
  "deck": "A records-first guide to re-entry, transfer, dual enrollment, graduation, further education, and other high-stakes educational handoffs.",
  "category": "Education transitions",
  "geography": "Global outlook with institution- and jurisdiction-specific examples",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "pdfFile": "global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.pdf",
  "status": "Published",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-13",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-13",
  "nextReview": "2027-08-01",
  "methodology": "Structured review of official admissions, transfer, qualification, and home-education guidance, organized around common transition events and document requests.",
  "limitations": "Institutions retain discretion and requirements can change. Examples do not guarantee acceptance, placement, credit, or admission.",
  "ledger": "TRANSITION-SOURCE-LEDGER.md",
  "figures": [],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "IW-TR26-C01",
      "label": "Transition principle",
      "text": "The best transition record answers identity, chronology, learning, evidence, and verification questions quickly.",
      "classification": "Ivy Waters synthesis",
      "sourceScope": "Official transition and admissions guidance",
      "figure": "iw-tr26-f01",
      "canonicalAnchor": "https://ivywaters.com/research/reports/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.json#IW-TR26-C01",
      "evidenceNote": "Use the report's inline citations and source scope; do not present an Ivy Waters synthesis as a directly measured statistic."
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    {
      "id": "IW-TR26-C02",
      "label": "Risk finding",
      "text": "A record that is adequate for annual compliance may still be insufficient for a later institution.",
      "classification": "Comparative synthesis",
      "sourceScope": "Compliance and transition requirements",
      "figure": "iw-tr26-f02",
      "canonicalAnchor": "https://ivywaters.com/research/reports/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.json#IW-TR26-C02",
      "evidenceNote": "Use the report's inline citations and source scope; do not present an Ivy Waters synthesis as a directly measured statistic."
    },
    {
      "id": "IW-TR26-C03",
      "label": "Preparation finding",
      "text": "Transition readiness improves when families preserve contemporaneous records rather than reconstructing years of learning under deadline.",
      "classification": "Practice synthesis",
      "sourceScope": "Admissions and record-request guidance",
      "figure": "iw-tr26-f04",
      "canonicalAnchor": "https://ivywaters.com/research/reports/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.json#IW-TR26-C03",
      "evidenceNote": "Use the report's inline citations and source scope; do not present an Ivy Waters synthesis as a directly measured statistic."
    }
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  "editorialStance": "Ivy Waters measures the infrastructure of home education, not whether one family's educational choices are superior to another's.",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ivywaters.com/blog/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026",
  "jsonUrl": "https://ivywaters.com/research/reports/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.json",
  "pdfUrl": "https://ivywaters.com/research/reports/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026.pdf",
  "sourceLedgerUrl": "https://ivywaters.com/research/sources/TRANSITION-SOURCE-LEDGER.md",
  "correctionsUrl": "https://ivywaters.com/research/updates.json",
  "citation": "Ivy Waters Research (2026). Global Homeschool Transition Report 2026 (Version 1.0.0). https://ivywaters.com/blog/global-homeschool-transition-report-2026",
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