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Category Archives: History
HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES
Record: Kyle Greenwalt, “Homeschooling in the United States” in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education (February 2019) [Abstract here] Summary: Greenwalt, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Minnesota, here attempts a broad summary of homeschooling in the United States in the form … Continue reading
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Tagged Gary Knowles, HSLDA, Jennifer Lois, John Holt, Kyle Greenwalt, Mitchell Stevens, University of Minnesota
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Reaction to Dwyer and Peters, HOMESCHOOLING
In a previous post I summarized the new book by Shawn F. Peters and James G. Dwyer, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019). In this post I will make some comments about it.
Posted in History, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, Hybrid Rights, James G. Dwyer, Los Angeles Home Tutorial Program, Margaret Heidenry, Margaret Mead, Patricia Heidenry, People v. DeJonge, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Rational Basis, Rita Scherman, Shawn F. Peters, Theodore Roosevelt, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Zachariah Montgomery
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A New Scholarly Book on Homeschooling
Record: James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019). It has been several years now since we’ve had a rigorous scholarly book on homeschooling. This new book by Peters … Continue reading
Posted in History, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, James G. Dwyer, parens patriae, Police Powers, Shawn F. Peters, University of Chicago Press, University of Wisconsin, William and Mary
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‘COMPULSORY SCHOOLING’ DESPITE THE LAW: Home Education in France
Record: Philippe Bongrand, “‘Compulsory Schooling’ Despite the Law: How Education Policy Underpins the Widespread Ignorance of the Right to Home Educate in France,” Journal of School Choice 10, no. 3 (2016): 320-329. [Abstract Here] Summary: Bongrand, an Associate Professor of Education at … Continue reading
Posted in History, International
Tagged France, Journal of School Choice, Montessori, Philippe Bongrand, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Waldorf
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FAST AND CURIOUS: Correspondence Programs as Home Education
Record: Robert L. Hampel, Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017). Summary: Hampel, a historian of education at the University of Delaware, here releases the fruit of many years of study of … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alfred Eisenstadt, Ariel Durant, Atlantic Monthly, Cliffs Notes, Donald Trump, Encyclopedia Britannica, Famous Artists School, Great Books, Harvard Classics, Jessica Mitford, Merv Griffin, Normal Rockwell, Robert L. Hampel, Rube Goldberg, Time Magazine, Trump University, Will Durant
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SKIPPING SCHOOL: Homeschooling in Los Angeles, 1950-2010
Record: Dixie Dillon Lane, Skipping School: Homeschooling in Los Angeles County, 1950-2010 (Ph.D. Diss, University of Notre Dame, 2015). Summary: Lane, who teaches history classes at Christendom College while homeschooling her three children, here presents a remarkable history of homeschooling in Los … Continue reading
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Tagged Dixie Dillon Lane, In re Rachel L., In re Shinn, John Holt, Jonathan L. et al, Los Angeles, Oak Meadow, People v. Turner, Raymond Moore, University of Notre Dame
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HOME EDUCATION IN FRANCE: Widespread Ignorance
Record: Philippe Bongrand, “’Compulsory Schooling’ Despite the Law: How Education Policy Underpins the Widespread Ignorance of the Right to Home Educate in France.” Journal of School Choice, 10, No. 3 (2016): 320-329. [Abstract] Summary: Bongrand is a researcher from the ÉMA Research Center in the … Continue reading
Posted in History, International, Legal
Tagged France, Journal of School Choice, Montessori, Philippe Bongrand, Waldorf-Steiner
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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
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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
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