Category Archives: Policy/Regulation

THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 2

Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Summary: In my previous post I argued against the historic backstory Curren and Blokhuis provide as the … Continue reading

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MATHEMATICS AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Missed Opportunity

Record: Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Mary W. Gray, Behzad Jalali, and Matthew Pascal, “Mathematics and Home Schooling” in Notices of the AMS 59, no, 4 (April 2012): 513-521. Summary: All four authors of this paper are affiliated with American University.  The … Continue reading

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EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: How to Regulate Homeschooling

Record: Robert Kunzman, “Education, Schooling, and Children’s Rights: the Complexity of Homeschooling” in Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (February 2012): 75-89. Summary: Kunzman is author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling and … 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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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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PRIVATE OPPRESSION: The FLDS and Homeschooling Regulation

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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