Author Archives: Milton Gaither

DOMESTIC EDUCATION IN 19TH CENTURY BRAZIL

Record: Caria Celi Chaves Vasconcelos, “Domestic Education in Nineteenth Century Brazil: Aspects of European Influence on the Performance of Tutors and Private Teachers” in Social and Education History 2, no. 1 (2013): 1-22. Summary:  Vasconcelos, a professor of History of … Continue reading

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING: A Large-Scale Study

Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education” in Education and Urban Society 20, no. 10 (2013): 1-22. [Abstract here] Summary:  Mazama, a professor of African American studies at Temple University, and … Continue reading

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LE CHANGEMENT EN EDUCATION: Building Community among Home Educators in Quebec

Record: Christine Brabant and Sylvian Bourdon, “Le Changement en Éducation et la Gouvernance réflexive.  Expérimentation d’un Modèle d’Appropriation du Changement pare des Groupes de Parents-Éducateurs au Quèbec” in Education et Francophonie XL: 1 (Printemps 2012): 32-55. Summary and Appraisal:  This … Continue reading

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PULLING BACK THE CURTAINS: A Lawyer Advocates for Increased Regulation of Homeschooling to Stop Child Abuse

Record:  Tyler Barnett, “Pulling Back the Curtains: Undetected Child Abuse and the Need for Increased Regulation of Homeschools in Missouri” in B.Y.U. Education & Law Journal (2013): 341-356. [excerpt here] Summary:  Barnett, a J.D. candidate from the University of Missouri … Continue reading

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GEOGRAPHIES OF ‘ALTERNATIVE’ EDUCATION: A Look at UK Home Educators

Record:  Peter Kraftl, “Towards Geographies of ‘Alternative’ Education: A Case Study of UK Homeschooling Families” in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 38, no. 3 (July 2013): 436-450.  [Abstract here] Summary: Kraftl, a geography professor at the University of Leicester, … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLED AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: A Comparison with Public and Private Schoolers

Record: Marc Snyder, “An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University” in Catholic Education (March 2013): 288-308. [Available Here] Summary: Snyder, who has spent many years teaching in the Catholic … Continue reading

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DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE: Homeschooling Parents Speak

Record:  Kenneth V. Anthony, “Declarations of Independence: Home School Families’ Perspectives on Education, the Common Good, and Diversity” in Current Issues in Education 16, no. 1 (February 2013): 1-15. [Abstract here] Summary:  Anthony, Assistant Professor of Education at Mississippi University … Continue reading

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TOLERANCE AND LIBERTY: Michael Farris Defends Homeschooling

Record: Michael Farris, “Tolerance and Liberty: Answering the Academic Left’s Challenge to Homeschooling Freedom” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 393-406. Summary:  Farris, the United States’ most influential homeschooling leader for the past 25 years, here summarizes … Continue reading

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A QUESTION OF RESISTANCE: Why Educators Don’t Like Homeschooling

Record: Blane Després, “A Question of Resistance to Home Education and the Culture of School-Based Education” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 365-377. Summary:  Després, President of Ripple Deep Consulting in British Columbia, here tries to apply … Continue reading

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