Category Archives: Legal

IS HOME SCHOOLING ‘IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD?’: Divorce and Homeschooling

Record: Charles J. Russo, “Is Home Schooling ‘in the Best Interests of the Child?’ The Supreme Court of New Hampshire Answers – Not When Divorced Parents Disagree!” in Private School Monitor 33, no. 2 (Fall 2011). Summary: Russo, a prolific … Continue reading

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RACE AND EDUCATION AT THE CROSSROADS: A Hypothetical Thought Experiment

Record: Consuelo Valenzuela Lickstein, “Race and Education at a Crossroads: How Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Wisconsin v. Yoder Shed Light on the Potential Conflict Between the Black Homeschooling Movement and K-12 Affirmative … Continue reading

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HOW TO REGULATE HOMESCHOOLING: An Argument for Minority Parents’ Rights

Record: Courtenay E. Moran, “How to Regulate Homeschooling: Why History Supports the Theory of Parental Choice” in University of illinois Law Review, 2011, no. 3 (2011): 1061-1094. [Available Here] Summary: Moran, a J. D. candidate at the University of Illinois … Continue reading

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RECOGNIZING AND REGULATING: Another Lawyer Considers Homeschooling Regulations

Record: Paul A. Alarcón, “Recognizing and Regulating Home Schooling in California: Balancing Parental and State Interests in Education” in Chapman Law Review, 13 (2010): 391-416. Summary: Alarcón here presents a summary of the recent In re Rachel L. and Jonathan … Continue reading

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EVIDENCE FOR HOMESCHOOLING: Three Lawyers Argue for Less Regulation of Homeschooling

Record: Tanya K. Dumas, Sean Gates, and Deborah R. Schwarzer, “Evidence for Homeschooling: Constitutional Analysis in Light of Social Science Research” in Widener Law Review, 16, no. 1 (September 2010): 63-87. [Abstract available here] Summary: The authors here are all … Continue reading

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WHOSE CUSTODY IS IT ANYWAY: PARENS PATRIAE and Homeschooling

Record: J. C. Blokhuis, “Whose Custody is it Anyway?: ‘Homeschooling’ from a Parens Patriae Perspective,” in Theory and Research in Education, 8, no. 2 (August 2010): 199-222.  [Abstract available here] Summary: Blokhuis, Assistant Professor of Education at Renison University College … Continue reading

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FUNDAMENTALIST CHALLENGES: Another Lawyer Argues for Increased Homeschooling Regulations

Record:Catherine J. Ross, “Fundamentalist Challenges to Core Democratic Values: Exit and Homeschooling.” in William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 18, 991-1014 (2010).  [Available Here] Summary: Ross, Professor of Law at George Washington University, here argues several claims: 1. assertions … Continue reading

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BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME: A Lawyer Argues for Increased Regulation of Homeschooling

Record: Timothy B. Waddell, “Bringing it all Back Home: Establishing a Coherent Constitutional Framework for the Re-Regulation of Homeschooling” in Vanderbilt Law Review, 63 (2010): 541-598. [Available fulltext here] Summary: Waddell, a graduate from Vanderbilt Law School and clerk for … Continue reading

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PRIVATE OPPRESSION: Fundamentalist Mormons and Homeschooling

Record: Teri Dobbins Baxter, “Private Oppression: How Laws that Protect Privacy Can Lead to Oppression” in Kansas Law Review 58, no. 2 (January 2010): 415-471   [Available for purchase here] Summary: Baxter, Professor of Law at St. Louis University, here seeks … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING: THE FUTURE, an Argument both For and Against Increased Regulation

Record: Ronald Kreager, Jr., “Homeschooling: The Future of Education’s Most Basic Institution,” in University of Toledo Law Review, 42, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 227-233. [Excerpt available here] Summary/Critique: Kreager, a J.D. candidate at the University of Toledo College of Law, … Continue reading

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