Category Archives: Public Schools

“YOU CAN’T RELY ON SOMEBODY ELSE”: How Homeschooling Dads Think

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Lee Garth Vigilant, Lauren Wold Trefethren, and Tyler C. Anderson, “‘You Can’t Rely on Somebody Else to Teach Them Something they Don’t Believe’: Impressions of Legimitation Crisis and Socialization Control in the Narratives of Christian Homeschooling Fathers” in Humanity … Continue reading →

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION: Comparing Home and Public Schooled Children

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Douglas E. Long, Lisa M. Gaetke, Stephen D. Perry, Mark G. Abel, and Jody L. Clasey, “The Assessment of Physical Activity and Nutrition in Home Schooled versus Public Schooled Children” in Pediatric Exercise Science 22, no. 1 (February 2010): … Continue reading →

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HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN ARE THINNER: A Nutrition Comparison between Public and Home Schooled Children

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Michelle Cardel et al., “Home-Schooled Children are Thinner, Leaner, and Report Better Diets Relative to Traditionally Schooled Children” in Pediatric Obesity (forthcoming, 2013).  Abstract Here. Summary:  In this piece 11 authors compare the diets of 47 home schooled children … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLED AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: A Comparison with Public and Private Schoolers

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Marc Snyder, “An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University” in Catholic Education (March 2013): 288-308. [Available Here] Summary: Snyder, who has spent many years teaching in the Catholic … Continue reading →

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A QUESTION OF RESISTANCE: Why Educators Don’t Like Homeschooling

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Blane Després, “A Question of Resistance to Home Education and the Culture of School-Based Education” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 365-377. Summary:  Després, President of Ripple Deep Consulting in British Columbia, here tries to apply … Continue reading →

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HOSTILITY OR INDIFFERENCE? Why There’s not More Homeschooling Research

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Charles Howell, “Hostility or Indifference? The Marginalization of Homeschooling in the Educational Profession” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 355-364. Summary: Howell, a philosopher of education and Dean of Beeghly College of Education at Youngstown State … Continue reading →

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WHY WE NEED HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique of Democratic Education

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Perry L. Glanzer, “Saving Democratic Education from Itself: Why We Need Homeschooling” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 342-354. Summary: Glanzer, an education professor at Baylor University, here argues that homeschooling provides a helpful corrective to … Continue reading →

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CONFRONTATION AND COOPERATION: Public Schools and Homeschooling

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Milton Gaither

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 →

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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Milton Gaither

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 →

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