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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: A New Cardus Survey of Homeschooling in Canada
Record: R. Pennings, et al., “A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Measuring Non-Government School Effects in Service of the Canadian Public Good” (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2012). Available for free download here. Summary: Back in 2011 I reviewed the first Cardus … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, International, Public Schools, Socialization
Tagged Academic Achievement, Brian Ray, Canada, Cardus Survey, Environmentalism, Life Satisfaction, R. Pennings
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HEALTH CARE ACCESS: Homeschoolers and Health
Record: Alissa Cordner, “The Health Care Access and Utilization of Homeschooled Children in the United States” in Social Science and Medicine 75 (2012): 269-273. Summary: Cordner, a graduate student in sociology at Brown University, here offers her first foray into … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Alissa Cordner, Brown University, health care, National Survey of Children's Health, Social Science and Medicine, Vaccination, Vaccine
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A PROFILE OF HOMESCHOOLING: Why do South Dakota Parents Homeschool?
Record: Bonnie F. Boschee and Floyd Boschee, “A Profile of Homeschooling in South Dakota” in Journal of School Choice: Research, Theory, and Reform 5, no. 3 (2011): 281-299. Summary: Floyd Boschee, emeritus professor of education at University of South Dakota, … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation
Tagged and Reform, Bonnie F. Boschee, Brian Ray, Floyd Boschee, HSLDA, Journal of School Choice: Research, Northern State University, Theory, University of South Dakota
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FREE TO LEARN: Homeschooling in Albania
Record: Timothy Hagen, “Free to Learn: The Rationale for Legalizing Homeschooling in Albania” in Central European Journal of Public Policy 5, no. 2 (December 2011): 50-85 [available fulltext here] Summary: Hagen, a professor of economics at Epoka University in Albania, … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Albania Constitution, Aquinas, Central European Journal of Public Policy, Communism, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Epoka University, HSLDA, Natural Law, Rights of the Child, Timothy Hagen, Universal Declaration, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: How to Regulate Homeschooling
Record: Robert Kunzman, “Education, Schooling, and Children’s Rights: the Complexity of Homeschooling” in Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (February 2012): 75-89. Summary: Kunzman is author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling and … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Educational Theory, Jim Dwyer, Life as Education, Meyer v. Nebraska, NAEP, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Robert Kunzman, Write these Laws on your Children
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EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Homeschooling
Record: Karen S. Hurlbutt, “Experiences of Parents Who Homeschool Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” in Developmental Disabilities 26, no. 4 (December 2011): 239-249. Summary: Hurlbutt, who now goes by the name of Karen Eastman, is a Special Education professor … Continue reading
Posted in Special Needs
Tagged ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Karen S. Eastman, Karen S. Hurlbutt, Minnesota State University
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HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS: Practices and Beliefs about Vaccinations
Record: Elizabeth L. Thorpe, et al., “Homeschooling Parents’ Practices and Beliefs about Childhood Immunizations” in Vaccine, 30, no. 6 (February 2012): 1149-1153. Summary: This paper, written by a group of physicians and medical researchers, noting the rise both in occurrences … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, Elizabeth L. Thorpe, Vaccine, vaccine preventable disease
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LINKING PARENTAL MOTIVATIONS: Comparing Parents who Homeschool with Those who Don’t
Record: Christa L. Ice and Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, “Linking Parental Motivations for Involvement and Student Proximal Achievement Outcomes in Homeschooling and Public Schooling Settings” in Education and Urban Society 43, no. 3 (May 2011): 339-369. [Abstract available here] Summary: Hoover-Dempsey … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools
Tagged Christa L. Ice, Education and Urban Society, Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey
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EDUCATION ON THE HOME FRONT: The European Union and Home Education
Record: Colin Koons, “Education on the Home Front: Home Education in the European Union and the Need for Unified European Policy.” Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 20, no. 1 (2010): 145-174. Summary: Koons, a recent graduate from Indiana University … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Amanda Petrie, Colin Koons, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, Indiana University School of Law, Konrad and Others v. Germany, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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