Category Archives: Public Schools

Expanding Future Farmers of America Membership to Homeschoolers

Record: Matthew J. Kararo and Neil A. Knobloch, “An Analysis of Education-related Policies Regarding the Participation Potential of Homeschool Students in Agricultural Education and FFA” in Journal of Agricultural Education 59(2018): 36-57. [Abstract here] Summary: Matthew Kararo is a Postdoctoral Research … Continue reading

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Flexischooling in Scotland

Record: Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, “Flexischooling in Scotland: What We Did and Why” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 8(2019): 58-67. Summary: The Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang is a Facebook group formed in 2017 of four women … Continue reading

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Homeschooling and Special Education Services

Record: Janet F. Carlson, “Context and Regulation of Homeschooling: Issues, Evidence, and Assessment Practices” in School Psychology 35(2020): 10-19. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Janet Carlson is a research professor and associate director of the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University … Continue reading

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Homeschooling in Wisconsin

Record: Denton Marks & David M. Welsch,  “Homeschooling Choice and Timing: An Examination of Socioeconomic and Policy Influences in Wisconsin.” Journal of School Choice, 13, no. 1 (2019): 33-57 [Abstract Here] Summary: Marks and Welsch were both economics professors at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at … Continue reading

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RELIGIOUS HOMESCHOOLERS AND PART-TIME PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Record: Jesse Thomas, “Perspectives of Homeschoolers Motivated by Religious and Moral Reasons” in Journal of Research on Christian Education 28, no. 1 (2019): 21-42. Summary: Thomas, a math teacher at Curry Ingram Academy in Brentwood, TN, previously wrote a 2016 report  on homeschooling parents’ … Continue reading

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METAPHORS AND EDUCATION: Comparing Homeschooling and Schooling Parents

Record: Ari Neuman & Oz Guterman, “Metaphors and education: comparison of metaphors for education among parents of children in school and home education,” Pedagogy, Culture, & Society, Vol. 26 no. 3 (2018): 435-447. ISSN 1468-1366 [abstract available here] Summary: Neuman and Guterman … Continue reading

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FULL-TIME VIRTUAL AND BLENDED SCHOOLS: the 2018 NEPC Update

Record:  Miron, G., Shank, C. & Davidson, C. (2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of six annual reports put out by the National … Continue reading

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DEWEY AND THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT TO HOMESCHOOLING

Record: John Scott Gray, “Dewey and the American Movement to Homeschooling,” in Education 3-13, vol. 46, no. 4 (2018), pp. 441-446. [Abstract Here] Summary: Gray, a philosophy professor at Ferris State University, here argues that homeschooling is incommensurate with the … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN CANADA: Parental Rights and the State

Record: Lynn Bosetti and Deani Van Pelt, “Provisions for Homeschooling in Canada: Parental Rights and the Role of the State” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 39-56. [Available Here] Summary: Bosetti, who has enjoyed a distinguished academic career, is currently Head of the … Continue reading

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EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVES: Finding Balance Between Autonomy, Support, and Accountability

Record: Kenneth V. Anthony, “Educational cooperatives and the changing nature of home education: Finding balance between autonomy, support, and accountability.” Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, 9, No. 18 (2015): 36-63. [Full Article] Summary: Kenneth V. Anthony is an assistant professor in the Department … Continue reading

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