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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
Posted in Legal
Tagged Charles J. Russo, Gertler v. Gertler, In re Kurowski, Morgan v. Morgan, New Hampshire, Private School Monitor
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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
Posted in Legal, Public Schools, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Brown v. Board of Education, Choate Hall, Consuelso Valenzuela Lickstein, Grutter v. Bollinger, Journal of Gender Race and Justice, Justice Roberts, Meyer v. Nebraska, Parents Involved, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Stewart LLP, University of Iowa College of Law, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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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
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged California, Chapman Law Review, In re Jonothan L., In re Rachel L., In re Shinn, Judge Croskey, Paul A. Alarcon, People v. Turner
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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
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Deborah R. Schwarzer, Gifted Homeschoolers Forum, Home School Researcher, Homeschool Association of California, In re Rachel L., Peabody Journal of Education, Sean Gates, Tanya K. Dumas, Widener Law Review
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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
Posted in Legal
Tagged Blackwelder v. Safnauer, Chief Justice Munson, Common Law, In re Adam D., In re Kevin Sampson, J. C. Blokhuis, Justice Delaney, Justice Lamont, Kant, Kantian philosophy, New York v. Donner, parens patriae, Perry Glanzer, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Prince v. Massachusetts, Renison University College, Rob Reich, Talmud, Theory and Resear, University of Waterloo, Wisonsin v. Yoder, Yeshiva
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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
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Catherine J. Ross, Combs v. Homer-Center School District, Employment Division v. Smith, George Washington University, HSLDA, Justice Brennan, Kimberly Yuracko, Michael Farris, Robin West, Runyan v. McCrary, Swanson v. Guthrie, Timothy Waddell, Willian and Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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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
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged HSLDA, Kimberly Yuracko, Meyer v. Nebraska, Oregon v. Smith, People v. DeJonge, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Sherbert v. Verner, Timothy B. Waddell, U.S. District Court of Alabama, Vanderbilt Law Review, Vanderbilt Law School, Washington D.C., Wisconsin v. Yoder
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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
Posted in Gender, Legal, Policy/Regulation, Religion
Tagged FLDS, HSLDA, Kansas Law Review, Oregon v. Smith, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, St. Louis University, Strict Scrutiny, Teri Dobbins Baxter, Yearning For Zion
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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
Posted in Legal
Tagged Amish, Chad Olsen, HSLDA, Judith McMullen, Linda Dobson, North Carolina, Right of the Child, Ronald Kreager Jr., South Carolina Law Review, United Nations' Convention, University of Toledo College of Law, University of Toledo Law Review, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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