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Category Archives: Technology
BECOMING A HOME-EDUCATOR IN A NETWORKED WORLD: What the Internet Does to Homeschooling
Record: Amber Fensham-Smith, “Becoming a Home-Educator in a Networked World: Towards the Democratization of Education Alternatives?” in Other Education 8(1): 27-57. [Available Here]. Summary: Fensham-Smith, a Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, here presents results … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Fensham-Smith, EHE, Elective Home Education, England, Other Education, United Kingdom
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FULL-TIME VIRTUAL AND BLENDED SCHOOLS: the 2018 NEPC Update
Record: Miron, G., Shank, C. & Davidson, C. (2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of six annual reports put out by the National … Continue reading
Posted in Public Schools, Technology
Tagged Caryn Davidson, Christopher Shank, Connections Academies, Connections Academy, EMO, Gary Miron, K12, National Education Policy Center, NEPC
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STEM and Homeschooling
Courtney Gann and Dan Carpenter, “STEM Teaching and Learning Strategies of High School Parents With Homeschool Students,” in Education and Urban Society 50, no. 5 (2018), pp. 461-482. [Abstract Here] Summary: Gann, an Adjunct Instructor in STEM education at Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Pedagogy, Technology
Tagged Courtney Gann, Dan Carpenter, Daniel Carpenter, Education and Urban Society, STEM, Texas Tech University, University of Findlay
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WHY WE BLOG: Homeschooling Mothers of Gifted Children
Record: Jennifer L. Jolly and Michael S. Matthews, “Why We Blog: Homeschooling Mothers of Gifted Children” Roeper Review, 39, No. 2 (2017): 112-120. [Abstract] Summary: Jennifer L. Jolly is a senior lecturer in gifted education at the University of New South Wales, and Michael S. … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Special Needs, Technology
Tagged Gifted Education, Jennifer L. Jolly, Michael S. Matthews, Mommyblogging, Roeper Review, University of New South Wales, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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UNSCHOOLING: Then and Now
Record: Kellie Rolstad and Kathleen Kesson, “Unschooling, Then and Now” Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, 7, No. 14 (2013): 29-67. [Full Article] Summary: Kathleen Kesson was an unschooling pioneer during the early 1980s, and she is also Professor of Teaching, Learning and Leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Technology
Tagged John Holt, Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, Kathleen Kesson, Kellie Rolstad, LIU Brooklyn, University of Maryland, Unschooling
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HOMESCHOOLING & VIRTUAL LEARNING: The Eroding Binary of Public and Private Schools
Record: Aaron Saiger, “Homeschooling, Virtual Learning, and the Eroding Public/Private Binary.” Journal of School Choice, 10, No. 3 (2016): 297-319. [Abstract] Summary: Aaron Saiger is a Professor of Law at Fordham University. In this article he argues that with homeschooling, virtual schools, and … Continue reading
Posted in Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Technology
Tagged Aaron Saiger, Florida Virtual School, Fordham University, Journal of School Choice, Rendell-Baker v. Kohn
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VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.: Directory and Performance Review (2016 Update)
Record: Gary Miron and Charisse Gulosino, Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, (2016). [Available Here] Introduction: This report is the fourth in an annual series published by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC). The first report in 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Policy/Regulation, Technology
Tagged Blended learning, Charisse Gulosino, Connections Academies, Connections Academy, Cyber Charter, Gary Miron, K12, NEPC, online, online charter schools, Rocketship Education, Virtual Charter Schools
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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
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EASY-E: A New Program for Homeschoolers to Learn Circuits
Record: Emilia Șipoș, Laura-Nicoleta Ivanciu, and Tudor Cotta, “Easy-E-Home Schooling in Electronic Devices and Circuits” in Journal Plus Education 12A (2015): 35-41. [Article] Summary: Șipoș, Ivanciu, and Cotta are from the Bases of Electronics Department at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. They designed a program … Continue reading
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Tagged Emilia Șipoș, Journal Plus Education, Laura-Nicoleta Ivanciu, Romania, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Tudor Cotta
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