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Category Archives: Legal
THE LONG WAY HOME: Recent Developments in Home Education Law in Spain
Record: María J. Valero Estarellas, “The Long Way Home: Recent Developments in the Spanish Case Law on Home Education” in Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (2013): 1-25. [Available here]. Summary: Estarellas, a professor at Centro Universitario Villanueva, Universidad Complutense de … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged European Convention on Human Rights, Home Education in Spain, Maria J. Valero Estarellas, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Spain, Spanish Constitution, Spanish Constitutional Court, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE: Homeschooling Parents Speak
Record: Kenneth V. Anthony, “Declarations of Independence: Home School Families’ Perspectives on Education, the Common Good, and Diversity” in Current Issues in Education 16, no. 1 (February 2013): 1-15. [Abstract here] Summary: Anthony, Assistant Professor of Education at Mississippi University … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Parental Motivation, Religion
Tagged Amish, common good, Current Issues in Education, diversity, First Amendment, First Amendment Center, Jacqueline Pfeffer, John Locke, Kenneth V. Anthony, Mississippi University for Women, Polity, Robert Filmer, Susie Burroughs, Vanderbilt University, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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TOLERANCE AND LIBERTY: Michael Farris Defends Homeschooling
Record: Michael Farris, “Tolerance and Liberty: Answering the Academic Left’s Challenge to Homeschooling Freedom” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 393-406. Summary: Farris, the United States’ most influential homeschooling leader for the past 25 years, here summarizes … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged and Cultural Rights, Catherine J. Ross, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Kimberly Yuracko, Martha Albert Fineman, Michael Farris, Nazi, Peabody Journal of Education, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, San Antonio v. Rodriguez, Social, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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CONFRONTATION AND COOPERATION: Public Schools and Homeschooling
Record: Donna M. Johnson, “Confrontation and Cooperation: The Complicated Relationship between Homeschoolers and Public Schools” in Peabody Journal of Education 88 (2013): 298-308. [Preview here] Summary: Johnson, an education professor at Dakota Wesleyan University, here summarizes a wide range of … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Legal, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Technology
Tagged Arizona, Donna M. Johnson, Dual Enrollment, Florida Virtual School, Iowa, Peabody Journal of Education, Tempe, Tim Tebow Bill, Tim Tebow Law, Vida Homeschool Enrichment Center
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PARENTAL EDUCATION RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: a Doctoral Dissertation
Record Julio Alberto Lagos, “Parental Education Rights in the United States and Canada: Homeschooling and its Legal Protection” (J.C.D. Dissertation, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, 2011) [Available Here] Lagos’ dissertation seeks to explain the understandings that have emerged in … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged 1982, Alberta, British North America Act, Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Catherine J. Ross, Constitution Act, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Courtenay E. Moran, Deborah R. Schwarzer, Julio Alberto Lagos, Kimberly Yuracko, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Quebec, R. v. Jones, Sean Gates, Tanya Dumas, Timothy Waddell, Troxel v. Granville, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Wiebe, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”
Joseph Murphy, is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He has authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, of which you can read … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, College/Postsecondary, Curriculum, International, Legal, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Socialization, Special Needs, Technology
Tagged Joseph Murphy, Milton Gaither, Other Education, Peabody College, Rob Kunzman, Robert Kunzman, Vanderbilt University
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Summaries of Two Recent European Home Education Conferences
In November of 2012 two important conferences, one in Berlin, Germany and the other in Madrid, Spain, were held. Both were concerned primarily with fostering a political climate of openness to home education in European countries.
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Berlin, Berlin Declaration, Carme Urpí, Global Home Education Conference, Harriet Pattison, Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, Madrid, Other Education, The New American, Third National Conference on Family Education/Homeschooling, Universidad de Navarra, University of Birmingham
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EDUCATION ON THE HOME FRONT: The European Union and Home Education
Record: Colin Koons, “Education on the Home Front: Home Education in the European Union and the Need for Unified European Policy.” Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 20, no. 1 (2010): 145-174. Summary: Koons, a recent graduate from Indiana University … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Amanda Petrie, Colin Koons, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, Indiana University School of Law, Konrad and Others v. Germany, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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