Category Archives: Race/Ethnicity

UNSCHOOLING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Marissa Donlevie

Record: Kristan Morrison, “Unschooling and Social Justice/Multicultural Education: (Un)Realized Potential” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 7, no. 2 (2018): 97-117 [available here] Summary: Morrison of Radford University performed an online survey to discover how social justice curriculum is integrated into the … Continue reading →

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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH: What Educators Might Learn

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Milton Gaither

Record: Brian Ray, “A review of research on homeschooling and what might educators learn?” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May-August 2017): 85-103.[Available Here] Summary: Ray is unquestionably the most well-known researcher in the field of home education, having made this his career … Continue reading →

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THE SEARCH FOR SCHOOL SAFETY: African American Homeschoolers

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Robert Lyon

Record: Garvey Musumunu and Ama Mazama, “The Search for School Safety and the African American Homeschooling Experience.” Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 9, No. 2 (2014): 24-38. [Full Article] Summary: Musumunu is a professor of sociology at Montgomery County Community College, and Mazama … Continue reading →

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MUSLIM HOMESCHOOLING: The Motivations of Modern Muslim Parents

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Robert Lyon

Record: Sajjida Sarwar, “What motivates 21st century Muslim parents to home-school their children?” Education Today, 63, No. 5 (2013): 25-29. [Full Article] Summary: As homeschooling grows, more Muslims are beginning to homeschool as well. However, their motivations are not well understood. Sajjida Sarwar, … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING PRACTICES: Empirical Evidence

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Record: Ama Mazama, “African American Homeschooling Practices: Empirical Evidence.” Theory and Research in Education, 14, No. 1 (2016): 26-44. [Abstract] Summary: Mazama, one of the leading researchers on African American homeschooling, is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department … Continue reading →

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NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: 2012 Complete Report

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Record: Jeremy Redford, Danielle Battle, Stacey Bielick, and Sarah Grady, Homeschooling in the United States: 2012, (NCES 2016-096) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2016) [Available Here] Introduction: Every four or five years, the National Household Education Survey developed by the National Center … Continue reading →

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U.S. HOMESCHOOLERS ON THE WORLD: Christian Soldiers & Downshifters

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Allahyari, Rebecca A. “Christian Soldiers and Downshifters: U.S. Homeschoolers on the World.” The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective, edited by R. L. F. Habito and K. Inaba, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2006), 141-163. … Continue reading →

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AAISHAH’S CHOICE: Muslim Home Education in Australia

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Record: Rebecca English, “Aaishah’s choice: Muslims choosing home education for the management of risk” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 5, no. 1 (2016): 55-72. [Article] Summary: In this article, English, a Lecturer in Education at Queensland University of Technology, analyzes an interview with an … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLERS: Parental Motivations and Student Achievement

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Robert Lyon

Record: Brian Ray, “African American Homeschool Parents’ Motivations for Homeschooling and Their Black Children’s Academic Achievement” in Journal of School Choice, 9, no. 1 (2015): 71-96. [Abstract] Summary: Brian D. Ray is the founder and current president of the National Home Education Research Institute. In … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING: Curriculum and Identity

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance” in Journal of Negro Education 82, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 123-138 [abstract here] Summary:  Mazama and Lundy have recently published several important articles on the motivations … Continue reading →

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