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Author Archives: Milton Gaither
Taking the Summer Off
A few moments ago I published the last review I will post for a few months. Due to other commitments I will not be able to update this website through the summer months. But I look forward to returning in … Continue reading
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MOTOR SKILL PROFICIENCY AMONG HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN
Record: Laura Spivey Kabiri, Katy Mitchell, Wayne Brewer, and Alexis Ortiz, “Motor Skill Proficiency Among Homeschooled Children,” in Journal of Motor Learning and Development 5, no. 2 (December 2017), pp. 336-345. [Abstract Here] Summary: Kabiri, a professor in Houston Community College’s Physical Therapy … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Alexis Ortiz, BOT-2 SF, Houston Community College, Journal of Motor Learning and Development, Katy Mitchell, Laura Spivey Kabiri, Texas Woman's University, Wayne Brewer
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PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER CHILDREN’S INTERESTS: An Argument for Abolishing Homeschooling
Record: Martha Fineman and George B. Shepherd, “Homeschooling: Choosing Parental Rights Over Children’s Interests” in University of Baltimore Law Review 46, no. 1 (2016), 57-106. Summary: Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University, and Shepherd, also a law professor at Emory, … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Alexis De Tocqueville, George B. Shepherd, Martha Albert Fineman, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, University of Baltimore Law Review, Vulnerability Theory, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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FAST AND CURIOUS: Correspondence Programs as Home Education
Record: Robert L. Hampel, Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017). Summary: Hampel, a historian of education at the University of Delaware, here releases the fruit of many years of study of … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alfred Eisenstadt, Ariel Durant, Atlantic Monthly, Cliffs Notes, Donald Trump, Encyclopedia Britannica, Famous Artists School, Great Books, Harvard Classics, Jessica Mitford, Merv Griffin, Normal Rockwell, Robert L. Hampel, Rube Goldberg, Time Magazine, Trump University, Will Durant
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A Case for Homeschooling
Record: Darren A. Jones, “A Case for Home Schooling” in in Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan, eds., The Wiley Handbook of School Choice (Malden, MA: 2017), pp. 344-361. Summary: Jones, a staff attorney with HSLDA, former homeschooler, and homeschooling father of four, … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Legal
Tagged Brian D. Ray, Cardus Education Survey, Darren A. Jones, HSLDA, Jeremy E. Uecker, Jonathan P. Hill, Kevin Den Dulk, Lawrence Rudner, National Study of Youth and Religion, Sharon Green-Hennessy, Wiley Handbook of School Choice
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Parental Rights and Children’s Interests
Record: Martha Albertson Fineman, “Home Schooling: Putting Parental Rights Over Children’s Best Interest” in Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan, eds., The Wiley Handbook of School Choice (Malden, MA: 2017), pp. 362-375. Summary: Fineman is one of the most important living … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis De Tocqueville, Emory University, Martha Albert Fineman, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, social capital, Wiley Handbook of School Choice, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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WHAT MAKES A SOCIAL ENCOUNTER MEANINGFUL: Home Schooling and Emotional Socialization
Record: Oz Guterman and Ari Neuman, “What Makes a Social Encounter Meaningful: the Impact of Social Encounters of Homeschooled Children on Emotional and Behavioral Problems,” in Education and Urban Society 48, no. 8 (2017): 778-792. [Abstract Here] Summary: Guterman and Neuman … Continue reading
Posted in International, Socialization
Tagged Ari Neuman, Assessment of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Education and Urban Society, Oz Guterman
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HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES: A Critique of Advocacy Research and Individualism
Record: T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski, “Homeschooling in the United States: Examining the Rationales for Individualizing Education” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 21-38. [Available Here] Summary: Brewer teaches in the education department at the University of North Georgia and is perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Research Methodology
Tagged Christopher Lubienski, Indiana University, Meyer v. Nebraska, National Education Policy Center, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Proposicoes, T. Jameson Brewer, Teach For America, University of North Georgia
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HOMESCHOOLING IN CANADA: Parental Rights and the State
Record: Lynn Bosetti and Deani Van Pelt, “Provisions for Homeschooling in Canada: Parental Rights and the Role of the State” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 39-56. [Available Here] Summary: Bosetti, who has enjoyed a distinguished academic career, is currently Head of the … Continue reading
Posted in International, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools
Tagged Canada, David Turpin, Deani Nevin Van Pelt, Education Savings Accounts, Fraser Institute, La Trobe University, Louise Turpin, Lynn Bosetti, Mark Anthony Conditt, Proposicoes, Sandra Martin-Chang
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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH: What Educators Might Learn
Record: Brian Ray, “A review of research on homeschooling and what might educators learn?” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May-August 2017): 85-103.[Available Here] Summary: Ray is unquestionably the most well-known researcher in the field of home education, having made this his career … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Race/Ethnicity, Research Methodology, Socialization
Tagged Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, Proposicoes
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