Category Archives: Legal

THAT KIND OF GIRL: Homeschooling and Female Sexual Health

Record: Madalyn Doucet Vicry, “That Kind of Girl: Effects of Homeschooling on the Sexual Health of Women and Girls” in Georgetown Journal of Gender and Law 18, no. 1 (March 2017). [Abstract Here] Summary: Doucet, who herself was homeschooled in a conservative Christian … Continue reading

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WHERE DO WE BELONG: A Lawyer Argues for Federal Regulation of Homeschooling

Record: Alicia Kreh, “Where do We Belong: A Call for Consistency in Homeschooling Regulation” in University of La Verne Law Review 36 (2015): 237-273. [Contents here] Summary: Kreh, an attorney in Fort Worth, TX, here presents an argument for norming state … Continue reading

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Reaction to Dwyer and Peters, HOMESCHOOLING

In a previous post I summarized the new book by Shawn F. Peters and James G. Dwyer, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019).  In this post I will make some comments about it.

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A New Scholarly Book on Homeschooling

Record:  James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019). It has been several years now since we’ve had a rigorous scholarly book on homeschooling.  This new book by Peters … Continue reading

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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

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HOME EDUCATION IN CHINA

Record: Xiaoming Sheng, “Home Education and Law in China” in Education and Urban Society 50, no. 6 (2018): 575-592 [available here] Summary: Xiaoming Sheng, Ph.D., analyzes the legal status of home education in China. Though homeschooling is not supported by Chinese law, there has … 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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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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SAFE AT HOME: Establishing a Fundamental Right to Homeschooling

Record: Billy Gage Raley, “Safe at Home: Establishing a Fundamental Right to Homeschooling.” Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 1 (2017): 59-90. [Abstract] Summary: Billy Gage Raley is a professor at Hanyang University School of Law in South Korea, and in this article he … Continue reading

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