Author Archives: Robert Lyon

THE ENCHANTED CHILD: Ambivalent Attachments in the Southwest

Record: Allahyari, Rebecca A. “Homeschooling the Enchanted Child: Ambivalent Attachments in the Domestic Southwest.” What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age, edited by C. Bender and A. Taves, New York: Columbia University Press (2012), 179-214. [Description Here] … Continue reading

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State Homeschool Enrollment Data Trends, 2016

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. If anyone … Continue reading

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U.S. HOMESCHOOLERS ON THE WORLD: Christian Soldiers & Downshifters

Allahyari, Rebecca A. “Christian Soldiers and Downshifters: U.S. Homeschoolers on the World.” The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective, edited by R. L. F. Habito and K. Inaba, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2006), 141-163. … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN BRAZIL: Principles & Legalization Attempts

Record: Luciane Muniz Ribeiro Barbosa, “An Overview of the Homeschooling in Brazil: Analysis of Its Principles and Attempts of Legalization.” Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4, No. 4 (2016), 203-211. [Article] Summary: Luciane Muniz Ribeiro Barbosa is a professor in the Department of Human Sciences and … Continue reading

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT NINE: Abuse

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Nine” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the ninth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT EIGHT: Mental Health

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Eight” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the eighth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT SEVEN: Sexuality

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Seven” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the seventh installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT SIX: Present and Future

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Six” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the sixth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading

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A CLASSROOM AT HOME: Children and MOOCs

Record: Yin Yin, Catherine Adams, Erika Goble, and Luis Francisco Vargas Madriz, “A classroom at home: children and the lived world of MOOCs” in Educational Media International 52, no. 2 (2015): 88-99. [Abstract] Summary: Yin, Adams, Goble, and Vargas Madriz are from the University of … Continue reading

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DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF THE ODD KID DIES?: A Look at the Death of Dylan Seabridge

Record: Chris Waterman, “Does it really matter if the odd kid dies?” in Education Journal 256 (2016): 15-19. [Abstract] Summary: Waterman is the former Executive Director of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS). In this article he addresses the death of Dylan Seabridge, … Continue reading

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