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Author Archives: Milton Gaither
EFFECT OF HOME-BASED EDUCATION: Impact on Scientific Concepts among Six-Year Olds in Turkey
Record: Özlem Yurt and Serap Demiriz, “Effect of Home-Based Education Program on Six-Year-Old Children’s Acquisition of Scientific Concept” in International Journal of Human Sciences 11, no. 1 (2014): 1-19. Summary: As this article is written in Turkish and I know … Continue reading
CHILDREN WITH AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: Educating at Home in Australia
Record: Jasmine McDonald and Elaine Lopes, “How Parents Home Educate their Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder with the Support of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education” in International Journal of Inclusive Education 18, no. 1 (2014): 1-17. [abstract … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation, Special Needs
Tagged ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, burnout, Distance Education, Elaine Lopes, Jasmine McDonald, Jennifer Lois, Perth, Robert L. Osgood, Schools of Isolated and Distance Education, Sherman Dorn, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Western Australian Correspondence School
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE VS. HOME EDUCATION: Can Germany Loosen Up about Home Education?
Record: Franz Reimer, “School Attendance as a Civic Duty vs. Home Education as a Human Right” in International Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010): 5-15. Summary: This is the first article in a special issue of the … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Franz Reimer, Germany, International Journal of Elementary Education
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WHO KNOWS BEST: Constitutional Principles and Homeschooling
Record: Linda Wang, “Who Knows Best? The Appropriate Level of Judicial Scrutiny on Compulsory Education Laws Regarding Home Schooling” in Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, 25 (Winter 2011); 413-448. Summary: Wang, who earned her J.D. from St. John’s … Continue reading
Posted in Legal
Tagged 14th Amendment, 1st Amendment, Employment v. Smith, Hybrid Rights, Intermediate Scrutiny, Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, Linda Wang, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Rational Basis, St. John's University School of Law, Strict Scrutiny, Troxel v. Granville
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LEGAL STATUS: Home Education in Post Communist Countries
Record: Yvona Kostelecká, “The Legal Status of Home Education in Post-Communist Countries of Central Europe” in International Review of Education 58, no. 4 (August 2012): 445-463. Summary: Kostelecká, on the faculty of education at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Albania, Charles University, Czech Republic, Hungary, International Review of Education, Poland, Prague, Slovakia, Slovenia, Timothy Hagen, Yvona Kostelecka
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HOME SCHOOLING: A CQ Researcher Report
Record: Marcia Clemmitt, “Home Schooling: Do Parents Give their Children A Good Education?” CQ Researcher 24, no. 10 (7 March 2014), pp. 217-240. [Available Here] Summary: The CQ Researcher has long been an influential publication, especially among politicians and others … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, Gender, History, Legal, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools
Tagged Brian Ray, Cheryl Fields-Smith, CQ Researcher, Georgetown, HSLDA, Jennifer Lois, Joseph Murphy, Josh Powell, Lawrence Rudner, Marcia Clemmitt, Milton Gaither, Mitchell Stevens, NCES, Rachel Coleman, Rob Kunzman, Texas Home School Coalition, Will Estrada
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CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN: A Case Study of One Mother-Teacher
Record: Melissa Sherfinski, “Contextualizing the Tools of a Classical and Christian Homeschooling Mother-Teacher” in Curriculum Inquiry 4, no. 2 (March 2014): 169-203. Summary: Sherfinski, a professor in West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services, has published widely on … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Gender, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Religion
Tagged Amazon.com, Aristotle, Chris Perrin, Classical, Classical Academic Press, Classical Christian, Curriculum Inquiry, Duggar, Jessie Wise, Melissa Sherfinski, Peter Leithart, Susan Wise Bauer, Teaching Classical Languages, West Virginia University
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DOES HOMESCHOOLING PROMOTE INTOLERANCE: A Quantitative Study
Record: Albert Cheng, “Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance? Evidence from a Christian University” in Journal of School Choice 8, no. 1 (2014): 49-68. [Abstract Here] Summary and Critique: Cheng, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, College/Postsecondary, Public Schools, Research Methodology
Tagged Albert Cheng, Ave Maria, Biola University, Journal of School Choice, Marc Snyder, University of Arkansas
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PARENTS’ RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROVISION: An Argument for Abolishing all Private Schooling
Record: Roger Marples, “Parents’ Rights and Educational Provision” in Studies in the Philosophy and Education 33, no. 1 (January 2014): 23-39. Summary: Marples, a Principal Lecturer in Education at University of Roehampton in London, here makes a spirited argument against … Continue reading
Posted in Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Religion
Tagged Amish, Autonomy, Charles Fried, Convention on the Rights of the Child, England, Joel Feinberg, John Locke, Robert Nozick, Roger Marples, The Enlightenment, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, University of Roehampton
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CONFUCIAN WORK AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Look at Home Education in China
Record: Xiaoming Sheng, “Confucian Work and Homeschooling: A Case Study of Homeschooling in Shanghai” in Education and Urban Society, XX, No. X (2013), 1-17. [abstract here] Summary: The article under review here is a condensed version of a 2011 work … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged Beijing, Confucian, Confucius, Meng Mu tang, Shanghai, Xiaoming Sheng
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