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Author Archives: Milton Gaither
HOMESCHOOLERS AND VACCINATION IN CALIFORNIA: Exploring California’s New Law
Record: Pamela McDonald, Rupali J. Limaye, Saad B. Omer, Alison M. Buttenheim, Salini Mohanty, Nicola P. Klein, and Daniel A. Salmon, “Exploring California’s New Law Eliminating Personal Belief Exemptions to Childhood Vaccines and Vaccine Decision-Making among Homeschooling Mothers in California” … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Legal
Tagged Alison M. Buttenheim, California, Daniel A. Salmon, Dedoose, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Center, Nicola P. Klein, Pamela McDonald, Qualitative, Rupali J. Limaye, Saad B. Omer, Salini Mohanty, SB 277, University of Pennsylvania, Vaccine
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THE HOMESCHOOLING CONTINUUM: Redefining Homeschooling for the 21st Century
Record: Jennifer L. Jolly and Michael S. Matthews, “The Shifting Landscape of the Homeschooling Continuum” in Educational Review (2018). [Abstract Here] Summary: Jolly, Associate Professor of Gifted Education at the University of Alabama, and Matthews, Director of Gifted Programs at UNC Charlotte, … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation
Tagged Educational Review, ideologues, Jane Van Galen, Jennifer L. Jolly, Jonathan Nester, Michael S. Matthews, pedagogues, University of Alabama, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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FULL-TIME VIRTUAL AND BLENDED SCHOOLS: the 2018 NEPC Update
Record: Miron, G., Shank, C. & Davidson, C. (2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of six annual reports put out by the National … Continue reading
Posted in Public Schools, Technology
Tagged Caryn Davidson, Christopher Shank, Connections Academies, Connections Academy, EMO, Gary Miron, K12, National Education Policy Center, NEPC
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MAKING THE TRANSITION: Cardus Authors on Homeschooling and Adult Outcomes
Record: David Sikkink and Sara Skiles, “Making the Transition: The Effect of School Sector on Extended Adolescence,” Hamilton, Ontario, Cardus (April 17, 2018). Available Here. Summary: Readers of these reviews will be very familiar with the Cardus Education Survey (CES). It is … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, College/Postsecondary
Tagged Car, CARDUS, David Sikkink, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, National Survey of Youth and Religion, Sara Skiles
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‘COMPULSORY SCHOOLING’ DESPITE THE LAW: Home Education in France
Record: Philippe Bongrand, “‘Compulsory Schooling’ Despite the Law: How Education Policy Underpins the Widespread Ignorance of the Right to Home Educate in France,” Journal of School Choice 10, no. 3 (2016): 320-329. [Abstract Here] Summary: Bongrand, an Associate Professor of Education at … Continue reading
Posted in History, International
Tagged France, Journal of School Choice, Montessori, Philippe Bongrand, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Waldorf
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STEM and Homeschooling
Courtney Gann and Dan Carpenter, “STEM Teaching and Learning Strategies of High School Parents With Homeschool Students,” in Education and Urban Society 50, no. 5 (2018), pp. 461-482. [Abstract Here] Summary: Gann, an Adjunct Instructor in STEM education at Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Pedagogy, Technology
Tagged Courtney Gann, Dan Carpenter, Daniel Carpenter, Education and Urban Society, STEM, Texas Tech University, University of Findlay
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DEWEY AND THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT TO HOMESCHOOLING
Record: John Scott Gray, “Dewey and the American Movement to Homeschooling,” in Education 3-13, vol. 46, no. 4 (2018), pp. 441-446. [Abstract Here] Summary: Gray, a philosophy professor at Ferris State University, here argues that homeschooling is incommensurate with the … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Public Schools, Religion
Tagged Democracy and Education, Ferris State University, History of Education Society, John Dewey, John Scott Gray, Lab School, No Child Left Behind, University of Chicago
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State Homeschool Enrollment Data Trends, 2018
Here at ICHER, we try to annually compile all of the available data maintained by the states that keep records on homeschool enrollment. Some states make this information easily-accessible on state department of education websites, but many do not. This time around … Continue reading
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Tagged State data
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HOW HEALTHY IS HOMESCHOOL: Body Composition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Record: Laura S. Kibiri, Katy Mitchell, Wayne Brewer, and Alexis Ortiz, “How Healthy is Homeschool? An Analysis of Body Composition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk” in Journal of School Health 88, no. 2 (February 2018): 132-138. [abstract here] Summary: Kabiri, a professor in Houston … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Alexis Ortiz, BMI, Houston Community College, Journal of School Health, Katy Mitchell, Laura S. Kibiri, Texas Woman's University, Wayne Brewer
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