Author Archives: Milton Gaither

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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