Category Archives: Religion

DISTURBING THE DATA: Gender and Family Size Matters with Evangelical Homeschooling

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Robert Lyon

Record: Melissa Sherfinski and Melissa Chesanko, “Disturbing the Data: Looking into Gender and Family Size Matters with US Evangelical Homeschoolers” in Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 7, no. 14 (2014): 1-18. [Abstract Here] Summary: Sherfinski is an assistant professor in … Continue reading →

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THE CHANGING CONVERSATION AROUND HOMESCHOOLING: More Data and Less Ideology

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Robert Lyon

Record: Mary Rice Hasson, “The Changing Conversations around Homeschooling: An Argument for More Data and Less Ideology” in The University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy (2012*): 1-23. [First Page] Summary: Hasson is a fellow at the Catholic Studies … Continue reading →

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The HARO 2014 Survey of Homeschool Alumni

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Milton Gaither

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschooling Movement” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (2 December 2014).  Available Here. Summary:  Readers of these reviews are likely familiar … Continue reading →

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THE POLITICS OF HOMESCHOOLS: Culture Wars and State Regulations

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Andrea Vieux, “The Politics of Homeschools: Religious Conservatives and Regulation Requirements” in The Social Science Journal (9 July, 2014).  [Abstract Here] Summary: Vieux, a Political Science professor at the University of Central Florida, here provides quantitative data to try … Continue reading →

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The Cardus Education Survey, 2014

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: R. Pennings, et al, “Private Education for the Public Good: 2014 Report,” Cardus Education Survey, 2014. [Available for download here] Summary: In 2011 the first Cardus Education Survey was released.  With its large randomized sample of young adults age 24-39, … Continue reading →

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FIRST MARRIAGE AND FIRST BIRTH: Comparing Religious, Home, and Public Schools

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Jeremy E. Uecker and Jonathan P. Hill, “Religious Schools, Home Schools, and the Timing of First Marriage and First Birth” in Review of Religious Research 56, no. 2 (June 2014): 189-218. [Abstract Here] Summary: Uecker, a sociology professor at … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLED ADOLESCENTS: Drugs, Delinquency, and Grade Level

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Sharon Green-Hennessy, “Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: Developmental Outcomes” in Journal of Adolescence 37, no. 4 (June 2014): 441-449 [Abstract here] Summary:  Green-Hennessy is a psychology professor at Loyola Maryland.  After beginning with a very strong lit review, … Continue reading →

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLERS: Religion and Race as Motivators

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschoolers: The Force of Faith and the Reality of Race in the Homeschooling Experience” in Religion and Education 41, no. 3 (October 2014): 256-272.  [abstract here] Summary: In previous articles Mazama (of … Continue reading →

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WHY DOES THE APPLE FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: How Children Abandon their Parents’ Views

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Elias Dinas, “Why Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree? How Early Political Socialization Prompts Parent-Child Dissimilarity” in British Journal of Political Science (April 2014): 1-26.  Introduction: This article is not explicitly about home education.  Its central question, … Continue reading →

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CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN: A Case Study of One Mother-Teacher

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Melissa Sherfinski, “Contextualizing the Tools of a Classical and Christian Homeschooling Mother-Teacher” in Curriculum Inquiry 4, no. 2 (March 2014): 169-203. Summary: Sherfinski, a professor in West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services, has published widely on … Continue reading →

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