-
Recent Posts
Categories
Meta
Archives
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- August 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
Recent Comments
- Anthea on AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLERS: Parental Motivations and Student Achievement
- Isaac D on MATHEMATICAL LEARNING WITHIN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT: Views of Parents and Children
- Ian on The HARO 2014 Survey of Homeschool Alumni
- Cara on ARE HOMESCHOOLERS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE CALCULUS?: Math Achievement
- Kansas Mom on ARE HOMESCHOOLERS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE CALCULUS?: Math Achievement
Category Archives: Religion
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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools, Religion, Research Methodology
Tagged Catholic, David M. Welsch, Denton Marks, Economics, Journal of School Choice, Rational Choice, Roman Catholic, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Comments Off on Homeschooling in Wisconsin
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
Posted in Pedagogy, Public Schools, Religion
Tagged Democracy and Education, Ferris State University, History of Education Society, John Dewey, John Scott Gray, Lab School, No Child Left Behind, University of Chicago
Comments Off on DEWEY AND THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT TO HOMESCHOOLING
MUSLIM HOMESCHOOLING: The Motivations of Modern Muslim Parents
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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity, Religion
Tagged Education Today, Islamic homeschooling, Sajjida Sarwar
Comments Off on MUSLIM HOMESCHOOLING: The Motivations of Modern Muslim Parents
NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: First Look from 2016
Record: Meghan McQuiggan, Mahi Megra, and Sara Grady, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016, (NCES 2017-2012) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2017) [Available Here] Introduction: Every four or five years, the … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Religion, Research Methodology, Special Needs
Tagged Mahi Megra, Meghan McQuiggan, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, NCES, Sara Grady
Comments Off on NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: First Look from 2016
HOME-SCHOOL INTERFACE: Religious and Moral Formation in Ireland
Record: Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons & Emer Smyth, “The home-school interface in religious and moral formation: the Irish case.” British Journal of Religious Education, 38, No. 3 (2016): 249-263. [Abstract] Summary: Darmody and Smyth are researchers at the Economic and Social Research Institute, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Public Schools, Religion
Tagged British Journal of Religious Education, Economic and Social Research Institute, Emer Smyth, Ireland, Maureen Lyons, Merike Darmody, University College Dublin
Comments Off on HOME-SCHOOL INTERFACE: Religious and Moral Formation in Ireland
NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: 2012 Complete Report
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
Posted in Curriculum, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Public Schools, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Technology
Tagged Danielle Battle, Jeremy Redford, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, NCES, Sarah Grady, Stacey Bielick
Comments Off on NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: 2012 Complete Report
AAISHAH’S CHOICE: Muslim Home Education in Australia
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
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity, Religion
Tagged Aneela Saghir, Australia, Habibullah, Islamic homeschooling, Muslim homeschooling, Other Education, Queensland University of Technology, Rebecca English
Comments Off on AAISHAH’S CHOICE: Muslim Home Education in Australia
HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT FIVE: Religion
Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Five” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (1 April 2015). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the fifth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, College/Postsecondary, Religion
Tagged Elias Dinas
Comments Off on HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT FIVE: Religion
BUILDING GOD’S KINGDOM: Christian Reconstruction’s Influence on Homeschooling and More
Record: Julie J. Ingersoll, Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015) [Available Here] Summary: Ingersoll is in a unique position to write a book like this. As a young woman she was … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, History, Religion
Tagged Abraham Kuyper, Bill Gothard, Calvinism, Chris Klicka, Christian Liberty Academy, CLASS, Cornelius Van Til, Dominion, Fairfax Christian School, Faith Baptist Church, FL, Gary DeMar, Gary North, George Grant, Joel McDurmon, Julie Ingersoll, Julie J. Ingersoll, Kevin Swanson, Libby Anne, Louisville, Mark A. Thoburn, Mark Thoburn, Niceville, Puritans, R. L. Dabney, Ray Sutton, Reconstruction, Reconstructionism, Robert L. Thoburn, Rocky Bayou Christian School, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Sphere Sovereignty, Vision Forum
Comments Off on BUILDING GOD’S KINGDOM: Christian Reconstruction’s Influence on Homeschooling and More
CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION: A New Biography of Rousas Rushdoony
Record: Michael J. McVicar, Christian Reconstruction: R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015) Summary: McVicar, who teaches in the Religion department at Florida State, here provides us with a book-length biography of one of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged Arda June Gent, Arda Rushdoony, Armenian genocide, Bill Gothard, Calvinism, Center for American Studies, Christianity Today, Debi Pearl, Dominion Theology, Francis Schaeffer, Gary North, Greg L. Bahnsen, Gregg Harris, John W. Whitehead, Mary Pride, Michael J. McVicar, Michael Pearl, OPC, Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Owyhee, Pat Robertson, PCUSA, Presbyterian Church USA, Reconstruction, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Rutherford Institute, TRI, Tyler Theology, Volker Fund, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Comments Off on CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION: A New Biography of Rousas Rushdoony