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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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