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Author Archives: Milton Gaither
Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”
Joseph Murphy, is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He has authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, of which you can read … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, College/Postsecondary, Curriculum, International, Legal, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Socialization, Special Needs, Technology
Tagged Joseph Murphy, Milton Gaither, Other Education, Peabody College, Rob Kunzman, Robert Kunzman, Vanderbilt University
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Gretchen Abernathy Reviews (in English) Elizalde, Urpí, and Tejada, “Diversidad, Participación y Calidad Educativas”
Record: Elizalde, M., Urpí, C., and Tejada, M., “Diversidad, participación y calidad educativas: necesidades y posibilidades del Homeschooling”[“Diversity, Parent Involvement and Quality Education: Needs and Possibilities of Homeschooling”], in Estudios sobre educación, vol. 22 (2012), pp. 55-72. [Available here] María … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Carme Urpí, María Ángeles Sotés Elizalde, María del Coro Molinos Tejada, Spain, Universidad de Navarra
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Cheryl Fields-Smith Reviews Mazama and Lundy, “African American Homeschooling as Racial Protectionism”
Record: Mazama, A. and Lundy, G. (2012). African American homeschooling as racial protectionism. Journal of Black Studies, 43(7), 723-748. Summary: Mazama and Lundy conducted a study of homeschooling among 74 African American families representing metropolitan communities across the South, Midwest, … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Afrocentric, Ama Mazama, Brown v. Board of Education, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Garvey Lundy, Heather Williams, Journal of Black Studies, Martin Luther King, Meca R. Williams-Johnson, Monica Wells Kisura, Racial Protectionism, Racial Protectionists, Self-Taught, Their Highest Potential, University of Georgia, Vanessa Siddle Walker
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Summaries of Two Recent European Home Education Conferences
In November of 2012 two important conferences, one in Berlin, Germany and the other in Madrid, Spain, were held. Both were concerned primarily with fostering a political climate of openness to home education in European countries.
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Berlin, Berlin Declaration, Carme Urpí, Global Home Education Conference, Harriet Pattison, Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, Madrid, Other Education, The New American, Third National Conference on Family Education/Homeschooling, Universidad de Navarra, University of Birmingham
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BAD EVIDENCE: Faulty Research Uncovered by Home Educating Parents
Record: Bruce Stafford, “Bad Evidence: the Curious Case of the Government-Commissioned Review of Elective Home Education in England and How Parents Exposed its Weaknesses” in Evidence and Policy 8, no. 3 (August 2012): 361-381. [Abstract Here] Stafford, a Professor of … Continue reading
Posted in International, Policy/Regulation, Research Methodology
Tagged and Families, and Families Bill, Bruce Stafford, Children, DCSF, Department fo Children, Disability Services, Freedom of Information Act, Gordon Brown, Graham Badman, Kent County Council, LEA, Local Education Authorities, Schools, University of Nottingham
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HEEDING THE VOICES OF LEARNERS: A Qualitative Look at One Child’s Experience
Record: Lizebelle van Schalkwyk and Cecilia Bouwer, “Homeschooling: Heeding the Voices of Learners” in Education as Change 15, no. 2 (December 2011): 179-190. Summary: van Schalkwyk and Bouwer, both professors at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, here try … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Cecelia Bouwer, Education as Change, KONOS, Lizebelle van Schalkwyk, Love2Learn, Thematic Apperception Test, University of Pretoria
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THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 2
Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Summary: In my previous post I argued against the historic backstory Curren and Blokhuis provide as the … Continue reading
THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 1
Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Curren, a distinguished philosopher of education, and Blokhuis, a recent graduate student of Curren’s who is now … Continue reading
Posted in History, Public Schools
Tagged History of Education Quarterly, J. C. Blokhuis, Meyer v. Nebraska, parens patriae, People v. Turner, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Public Affairs Quarterly, Randall Curren, Renison University College, Stephen Provasnik
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THE IMPACT OF HOMESCHOOLING: Comparing Emotional Well-Being in College
Record: Cynthia K. Drenovsky and Isaiah Cohen, “The Impact of Homeschooling on the Adjustment of College Students” in International Social Science Review 87, nos. 1&2 (2012): 19-34. [available here] Summary: Drenovsky, a sociology professor at Shippensburg University, and Cohen, a … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Health
Tagged Boy Scouts, Center for Epidemiological Studies- Depression Scale, Cynthia K. Drenovsky, depression, Howard Richman, International Social Science Review, Isaiah Coehn, Marc Snyder, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Shippensburg University, Susan Richman
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MATHEMATICS AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Missed Opportunity
Record: Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Mary W. Gray, Behzad Jalali, and Matthew Pascal, “Mathematics and Home Schooling” in Notices of the AMS 59, no, 4 (April 2012): 513-521. Summary: All four authors of this paper are affiliated with American University. The … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Gender, Policy/Regulation
Tagged American University, Behzad Jalali, Jim Dwyer, Judith McMullen, Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Kimberly Yuracko, Mary W. Gray, mathematics, Matthew Pascal, Notices of the AMS, South Carolina Law Review
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