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Category Archives: Parental Motivation
AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLERS: Parental Motivations and Student Achievement
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
THE CHANGING CONVERSATION AROUND HOMESCHOOLING: More Data and Less Ideology
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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Religion
Tagged Catherine J. Ross, Kimberly Yuracko, Mary Rice Hasson, Rob Reich, The University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
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FAMILY PROCESS DIFFERENCES ENSUING FROM THE CHOICE TO HOME-SCHOOL: Self-Selection Bias?
Record: Mark H. Butler, James M. Harper, Matthew L. Call, and Mark. H Bird, “Examining Claims of Family Process Differences Ensuing From the Choice to Home-School” in Education and Urban Society 47, no. 1 (2013): 86-108. [Abstract Here] Summary: Butler … Continue reading
HOMESCHOOLING FAMILIES IN CHINA: A Qualitative Study
Record: Zheng Guo-ping, “A Qualitative Study of Educational Needs of Homeschooling Families in China” in US-China Education Review 4, no. 6 (June 2014): 391-400 [Available Here] Summary: In early 2014 I reviewed a fascinating article by Xiaoming Sheng about “Meng … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged China, Chongquing, Compulsory Education Law, Dali, Guangzhou, Meng Mu tang, Sothwest University, US-China Education Review, Xiaoming Sheng, Zheng Guo-ping
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“I’M SORRY YOU HAD A BAD DAY”: Fathers in Homeschooling Families Speak
Record: Lee Garth Vigilant, Tyler C. Anderson, and Lauren Wold Trefethren, “‘I’m Sorry You Had a Bad Day, but Tomorrow Will Be Better’: Stratagems of Interpersonal Emotional Management in Narratives of Fathers in Christian Homeschooling Households,” in Sociological Spectrum 34, … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation
Tagged Jennifer Lois, Lauren Wold Trefethren, Lee Garth Vigilant, Minnesota, Minnesota State University Moorhead, North Dakota, Sociological Spectrum, Tyler C. Anderson
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING: Curriculum and Identity
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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Ama Mazama, Black Power, Carter G. Woodson, Garvey Lundy, Journal of Negro Education, Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. DuBois
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HOME EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Record: Talina Drabsch, “Home Education in NSW” in NSW Parliament E-Brief, issue 7 (August, 2013). [available here] Summary: Drabsch, a frequent contributor to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliamentary Library pubilcations series, here summarizes the home education situation in NSW … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Glenda Jackson, Graham Badman, Home School Legal Defense Association, New South Wales, New Zealand, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Talina Drabsch, Tasmania, United Kingdom, Victoria, Western Australia
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