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Category Archives: Public Schools
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
THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 1
Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Curren, a distinguished philosopher of education, and Blokhuis, a recent graduate student of Curren’s who is now … Continue reading
Posted in History, Public Schools
Tagged History of Education Quarterly, J. C. Blokhuis, Meyer v. Nebraska, parens patriae, People v. Turner, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Public Affairs Quarterly, Randall Curren, Renison University College, Stephen Provasnik
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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: A New Cardus Survey of Homeschooling in Canada
Record: R. Pennings, et al., “A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Measuring Non-Government School Effects in Service of the Canadian Public Good” (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2012). Available for free download here. Summary: Back in 2011 I reviewed the first Cardus … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, International, Public Schools, Socialization
Tagged Academic Achievement, Brian Ray, Canada, Cardus Survey, Environmentalism, Life Satisfaction, R. Pennings
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LINKING PARENTAL MOTIVATIONS: Comparing Parents who Homeschool with Those who Don’t
Record: Christa L. Ice and Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, “Linking Parental Motivations for Involvement and Student Proximal Achievement Outcomes in Homeschooling and Public Schooling Settings” in Education and Urban Society 43, no. 3 (May 2011): 339-369. [Abstract available here] Summary: Hoover-Dempsey … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools
Tagged Christa L. Ice, Education and Urban Society, Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey
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THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION: Home Study Programs in the 1920s-1930s and Today
Record: Robert Hampel, “The Business of Education: Home Study at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s and 1930s.” in Teachers College Record 112, no. 9 (September 2010): 2496-2517. Summary: Hampel, a professor at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, History, Public Schools
Tagged Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler, Robert Hampel, Teachers College Record, University of Deleware, University of Wisconsin
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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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LIBERATING LEARNING: Virtual Public Schooling at Home
Record: Terry M. Moe and John E Chubb, Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education(San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2009). Summary: Moe and Chubb are legendary in the world of Educational Policy. Their 1990 book Politics, Markets and … Continue reading
Posted in Public Schools, Technology
Tagged EdisonLearning, Florida Virtual School, Hoover Institution, HSLDA, John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe
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CAN INTIMACY JUSTIFY HOME EDUCATION?: A Speculative Argument
Record: Michael S. Merry and Charles Howell, “Can Intimacy Justify Home Education?” in Theory and Research in Education, November 2009. Summary: Merry, professor of philosophy of education at the University of Amsterdam and author of an important recent book on … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools
Tagged attentive parenting, Brian Ray, Charles Howell, Gary Wyatt, Home School Researcher, Intimacy, Michael Merry, Theory and Research in Education
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VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: Why Families Choose Them
Record: Carol Klein and Mary Poplin, “Families Home Schooling in a Virtual Charter School System” in Marriage and Family Review 43, nos. 3&4 (2008): 369-395. Summary: Klein and Poplin, Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University, here offer the results … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Public Schools, Technology
Tagged California Virtual Academies, Carol Klein, CAVA, Claremont Graduate University, K12, Marriage and Family Review, Mary Poplin, Virtual Charter Schools
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IDEA AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CHOICES: Special Education Rights of Homeschoolers
Record: Allan G. Osborne, Jr., “IDEA and Alternative Education Choices: Legal Issues” in School Business Affairs 74, no. 10 (November 2008): 24-26. Summary: Osborne, Jr., an authority on special education law, here explains the rights accorded homeschooled children by the … Continue reading
Posted in Public Schools, Special Needs
Tagged Allan Osborne Jr., Durkee v. Livonia Central School District, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, School Business Affairs
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