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Category Archives: History
THE POLITICS OF HOMESCHOOLS: Culture Wars and State Regulations
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
Posted in History, Policy/Regulation, Religion, Research Methodology
Tagged Andrea Vieux, Culture Wars, James Davison Hunter, Social Science Journal, University of Central Florida
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HOME BASED EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA: A Master’s Thesis
Record: Chelsey B. Watts, “Home Based Education in North Carolina: A Case Study of Policy, Coordination, and Social Acceptance” in Master’s Degree Studies in International and Comparative Education 17 (April, 2014). Available here. Summary: Watts’ thesis was the result of … Continue reading
HOME SCHOOLING: A CQ Researcher Report
Record: Marcia Clemmitt, “Home Schooling: Do Parents Give their Children A Good Education?” CQ Researcher 24, no. 10 (7 March 2014), pp. 217-240. [Available Here] Summary: The CQ Researcher has long been an influential publication, especially among politicians and others … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, Gender, History, Legal, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools
Tagged Brian Ray, Cheryl Fields-Smith, CQ Researcher, Georgetown, HSLDA, Jennifer Lois, Joseph Murphy, Josh Powell, Lawrence Rudner, Marcia Clemmitt, Milton Gaither, Mitchell Stevens, NCES, Rachel Coleman, Rob Kunzman, Texas Home School Coalition, Will Estrada
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DOMESTIC EDUCATION IN 19TH CENTURY BRAZIL
Record: Caria Celi Chaves Vasconcelos, “Domestic Education in Nineteenth Century Brazil: Aspects of European Influence on the Performance of Tutors and Private Teachers” in Social and Education History 2, no. 1 (2013): 1-22. Summary: Vasconcelos, a professor of History of … Continue reading
Posted in History, International
Tagged Brasil, Brazil, Caria Celi Chaves Vasconcelos, Catholic University of Petropolis, French, Portugese, State University of Rio de Janeiro, tutoring, tutors
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THE MYTH OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A Sweeping Look at the History Behind the U.S. Culture Wars
Record: David Sehat, The Myth of American Religious Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011). Summary: Sehat is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University. Sehat takes one idea and traces its history from the American founding to the … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 10 Commandments, 14th Amendment, African Americans, Baptist, Biblical Criticism, Bill of Rights, Blasphemy laws, blue laws, Catholics, Civil War, Constitution, Culture War, Darwinism, David Sehat, Decency laws, Dred Scott, Evangelical, Evolution, First Amendment, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, freethinkers, godless Constitution, Great Depression, James Madison, Methodist, moral establishment, Moral Majority, Reconstruction, Second Great Awakening, slavery, Ten Commandments
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THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 1
Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Curren, a distinguished philosopher of education, and Blokhuis, a recent graduate student of Curren’s who is now … Continue reading
Posted in History, Public Schools
Tagged History of Education Quarterly, J. C. Blokhuis, Meyer v. Nebraska, parens patriae, People v. Turner, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Public Affairs Quarterly, Randall Curren, Renison University College, Stephen Provasnik
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THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION: Home Study Programs in the 1920s-1930s and Today
Record: Robert Hampel, “The Business of Education: Home Study at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s and 1930s.” in Teachers College Record 112, no. 9 (September 2010): 2496-2517. Summary: Hampel, a professor at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, History, Public Schools
Tagged Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler, Robert Hampel, Teachers College Record, University of Deleware, University of Wisconsin
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CHILDREN BOUND TO LABOR: 18th and early 19th Century Home-Based Learning
Record: Ruth Wallis Herndon and John E. Murray, eds., Children Bound to Labor: The Pauper Apprentice System in Early America(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009) Summary: This book is the product of a long process of collaboration by a wide range … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Adriana Van Zwieten, Baltimore, Christopher Lasch, Holly Brewer, indentures, John E. Murray, John Rury, New Netherland, New Orleans, Paul Lachance, pauper apprenticeship, Republicanism, Ruth Wallis Herndon, Spencer Foundation, T. Stephen Whitman, Virginia
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