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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
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Georgetown Journal of Gender and Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Madalyn Doucet Vicry, Madalyn K. Doucet, Robin West, sex education
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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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Tagged Alicia Kreh, Michigan State University College of Law, University of La Verne Law Review
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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.
Posted in History, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, Hybrid Rights, James G. Dwyer, Los Angeles Home Tutorial Program, Margaret Heidenry, Margaret Mead, Patricia Heidenry, People v. DeJonge, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Rational Basis, Rita Scherman, Shawn F. Peters, Theodore Roosevelt, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Zachariah Montgomery
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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
Posted in History, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, James G. Dwyer, parens patriae, Police Powers, Shawn F. Peters, University of Chicago Press, University of Wisconsin, William and Mary
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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
Posted in Health, Legal
Tagged Alison M. Buttenheim, California, Daniel A. Salmon, Dedoose, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Center, Nicola P. Klein, Pamela McDonald, Qualitative, Rupali J. Limaye, Saad B. Omer, Salini Mohanty, SB 277, University of Pennsylvania, Vaccine
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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
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Beijing, China, Compulsory Education Law, Compulsory Education Law of the People's Republic of China, Education and Urban Society, Meng Mu tang, People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiaoming Sheng
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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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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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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
Posted in Legal
Tagged Billy Gage Raley, Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, Fourteenth Amendment, Hanyang University, Meyer v. Nebraska, Obergefell v. Hodges, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Roe v. Wade, Washington v. Glucksberg, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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