Author Archives: Milton Gaither

EDUCATION WITHOUT SCHOOLS: Home Education in the UK, part 1

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Helen E.  Lees, Education Without Schools: Discovering Alternatives (Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2014). [Abstract Here] Summary: Lees, a Visiting Research Fellow in Education and Theology at York St. John University in England and founding editor of the online journal … Continue reading →

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VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.: A Comprehensive Analysis, part 3

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Alex Molnar, ed., Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence (Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, 2014).  Available here. Summary: Part one of this report summarized recent legislative activity relative to virtual public schooling.  Part … Continue reading →

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VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.: A Comprehensive Analysis, part 2

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Alex Molnar, ed., Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence (Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, 2014).  Available here. Summary: This post summarizes the second of three sections of this report.  For a summary of … Continue reading →

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VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.: A Comprehensive Analysis, part 1

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Alex Molnar, ed., Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence (Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, 2014).  Available here. Summary: This report is the second in a projected annual series of reports published by the … Continue reading →

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SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: A Review of the Literature

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Joseph Murphy, “The Social and Educational Outcomes of Homeschooling” in Sociological Spectrum 34, no. 3 (April 2014), 244-272. [Abstract Here] Summary: Murphy, a professor at Vanderbilt University and author of the excellent book-length review of homeschooling scholarship Homeschooling in … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLED ADOLESCENTS: Drugs, Delinquency, and Grade Level

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Sharon Green-Hennessy, “Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: Developmental Outcomes” in Journal of Adolescence 37, no. 4 (June 2014): 441-449 [Abstract here] Summary:  Green-Hennessy is a psychology professor at Loyola Maryland.  After beginning with a very strong lit review, … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLERS: Religion and Race as Motivators

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschoolers: The Force of Faith and the Reality of Race in the Homeschooling Experience” in Religion and Education 41, no. 3 (October 2014): 256-272.  [abstract here] Summary: In previous articles Mazama (of … Continue reading →

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IS ALL PREPARATION EQUAL: Homeschoolers at Community Colleges

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Molly H. Duggan, “Is All College Preparation Equal? Pre-Community College Experiences of Home-Schooled, Private-Schooled, and Public-Schooled Students” in Community College Journal of Research and Practice 34, no. 1 (2010): 25-38. [Preview Here] Summary: Duggan, who has written several other … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS IN COLLEGE: A Longitudinal Follow-Up

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Mary Beth Bolle-Brummond and Roger D. Wessel, “Homeschooled Students in College: Background Influences, College Integration, and Environmental Pull Factors” in Journal of Research in Education 22, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 223-249 [Available here] Summary: The article before us today … Continue reading →

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WHY DOES THE APPLE FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: How Children Abandon their Parents’ Views

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Elias Dinas, “Why Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree? How Early Political Socialization Prompts Parent-Child Dissimilarity” in British Journal of Political Science (April 2014): 1-26.  Introduction: This article is not explicitly about home education.  Its central question, … Continue reading →

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