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THE HOME-EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: A British Perspective
Record: Sarah Parsons and Ann Lewis, “The Home-Education of Children with Special Needs or Disabilities in the UK: Views of Parents from an Online Survey” in International Journal of Inclusive Education 14, no. 1 (February 2010): 67-86. Summary: Parsons, research … Continue reading
Posted in International, Special Needs
Tagged Ann Lewis, ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, British National Curriculum, England, Great Britain, International Journal of Inclusive Education, personalization, Sarah Parsons, Special Education, University of Birmingham
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CHILDREN BOUND TO LABOR: 18th and early 19th Century Home-Based Learning
Record: Ruth Wallis Herndon and John E. Murray, eds., Children Bound to Labor: The Pauper Apprentice System in Early America(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009) Summary: This book is the product of a long process of collaboration by a wide range … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Adriana Van Zwieten, Baltimore, Christopher Lasch, Holly Brewer, indentures, John E. Murray, John Rury, New Netherland, New Orleans, Paul Lachance, pauper apprenticeship, Republicanism, Ruth Wallis Herndon, Spencer Foundation, T. Stephen Whitman, Virginia
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REGULATING HOME EDUCATION: The Legal Situation in Great Britain
Record: Daniel Monk, “Regulating Home Education: Negotiating Standards, Anomalies, and Rights” in Child and Family Law Quarterly 21, no. 2(2009): 155-184 Summary: Monk, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Birbeck at the University of London, has been studying homeschooling … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged and Families, Child and Family Law Quarterly, Daniel Monk, DCFS, Department for Children, Education Act of 1996, Education and Inspection Act, England, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Convention of Human Rights, Great Britain, Konrad v. Germany, Leuffen v. Germany, Local Authorities, Rob Reich, Schools, UN Convention on teh Rights of the Child, University of London
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS: Brian Ray’s Latest Study
Record: Brian D. Ray, “Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study” in Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal 8, no. 1 (February 2010). [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of a long line of nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement
Tagged Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal, Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, HSLDA, NHERI
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PRIVATE OPPRESSION: The FLDS and Homeschooling Regulation
Record: Teri Dobbins Baxter, “Private Oppression: How Laws that Protect Privacy Can Lead to Oppression” in Kansas Law Review 58, no. 2 (January 2010): 415-471 [Available for purchase here] Summary: Baxter, Professor of Law at St. Louis University, here seeks … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged due process, FLDS, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Kansas Law Review, Oregon v. Smith, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, Right to Privacy, St. Louis University, Strict Scrutiny, Teri Dobbins Baxter, Texas
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ARE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ‘HOME-SCHOOL FRIENDLY?’: Website Customization for Homeschoolers
Record: Molly H. Duggan, “Are Community Colleges ‘Home-School Friendly?’: An Exploration of Community College Web Sites as an Indicator of ‘Friendliness’” in Community College Journal of Research and Practice 34: 55-63 (2010). Summary: Duggan, whose earlier work on community colleges … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary
Tagged Community College Journal of Research and Practice, community colleges, Darren Jones, GED, HSLDA, Molly H. Duggan, websites, Youtube
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FORGING A FUNDAMENTALIST ‘ONE BEST SYSTEM’: The History of ACE, ABeka, and Bob Jones Complete
Record: Adam Laats, “Forging a Fundamentalist ‘One Best System’: Struggles over Curriculum and Educational Philosophy for Christian Day Schools, 1970-1989″ in History of Education Quarterly 50, no 1 (February 2010): 55-83. [Read the first page here] Summary: Laats, a professor … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, History, Pedagogy
Tagged A Beka, Accelerated Christian Education, ACE, Adam Laats, Arlin Horton, Beka Horton, Binghamton University, BJU, Bloom's Taxonomy, Bob Jones Complete, Bob Jones University, History of Education Quarterly, John Dewey, Max Rafferty, new math, original sin, Pensacola Christian Schools, phonics, progressivism, Rudolph Flesch, sex education, Sputnik, whole language
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UNDERSTANDING HOMESCHOOLING REGULATIONS: An Minimalist Argument for Evaluating Basic Skills
Record: Robert Kunzman, “Understanding Homeschooling: A Better Approach to Regulation” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 311-330 Summary: Kunzman, professor of education at Indiana University and author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Policy/Regulation
Tagged Indiana University, Iowa test of Basic Skills, Little House on the Prairie, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Robert Kunzman, Theory and Research in Education, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Write these Laws on your Children
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TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL?: Gifted Children and Homeschooling
Record: Carrie Winstanley, “Too Cool for School? Gifted Children and Homeschooling” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 347-362 Summary: Winstanley, Principal Lecturer in Education at Roehampton University in London, here argues that gifted children form … Continue reading
Posted in International, Special Needs
Tagged Carrie Winstanley, England, Gifted Education, Roehampton University, Theory and Research in Education
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CAN INTIMACY JUSTIFY HOME EDUCATION?: A Speculative Argument
Record: Michael S. Merry and Charles Howell, “Can Intimacy Justify Home Education?” in Theory and Research in Education, November 2009. Summary: Merry, professor of philosophy of education at the University of Amsterdam and author of an important recent book on … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools
Tagged attentive parenting, Brian Ray, Charles Howell, Gary Wyatt, Home School Researcher, Intimacy, Michael Merry, Theory and Research in Education
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