Monthly Archives: September 2012

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF HOME EDUCATION: California Law and Legal Precedent

Record:  Chad Olsen, “Constitutionality of Home Education: How the Supreme Court and American History Endorse Parental Choice” in Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal 2 (2009): 399-423  Summary:  Olsen, an attorney in the Las Vegas area and former law … Continue reading

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PREVIOUSLY HOMESCHOOLED COLLEGE FRESHMEN: How Do They Compare?

Record:  Mary K. Saunders, “Previously Homeschooled College Freshmen: Their First Year Experiences and Persistence Rates” in Journal of College Student Retention 11, no. 1 (2009-2010): 77-100. Summary:  Saunders here uses results from a survey of 261 college freshmen at Wheaton … Continue reading

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VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: Why Families Choose Them

Record:  Carol Klein and Mary Poplin, “Families Home Schooling in a Virtual Charter School System” in Marriage and Family Review 43, nos. 3&4 (2008): 369-395. Summary:  Klein and Poplin, Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University, here offer the results … Continue reading

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EMOTIONALLY LAYERED ACCOUNTS: How Homeschooling Mothers Justify Their Actions

Record:   Jennifer Lois, “Emotionally Layered Accounts: Homeschoolers’ Justifications for Maternal Deviance” in Deviant Behavior 30, no. 2 (February 2009): 201-234 Summary:  Lois, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, here investigates how homeschooling mothers deal with criticisms of their … Continue reading

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SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE: A Social Theory of Homeschooling

Record:  Patricia M. Greenfield, “Linking Social Change and Developmental Change: Shifting Pathways of Human Development” in Developmental Psychology 45, no. 2 (March 2009): 401-418 Summary:  Greenfield is a luminary in the field of psychocultural research, the comparative study of psychology … Continue reading

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IDEA AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CHOICES: Special Education Rights of Homeschoolers

Record:   Allan G. Osborne, Jr., “IDEA and Alternative Education Choices: Legal Issues” in School Business Affairs 74, no. 10 (November 2008): 24-26. Summary:  Osborne, Jr., an authority on special education law, here explains the rights accorded homeschooled children by the … Continue reading

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THE RELIGIOUS LIVES OF AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS: Comparing The Impact of Public, Private, and Homeschools

Record:  Jeremy E. Uecker, “Alternative Schooling Strategies and the Religious Lives of American Adolescents” in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47, no. 4 (December 2008): 563-584 [Abstract available here]. Summary:  Uecker, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Baylor University … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLERS ENTERING COMMUNITY COLLEGES: What Admissions Officers Think

Record:  Kellie Sorey and Molly H. Duggan, “Homeschoolers Entering Community Colleges: Perceptions of Admission Officers” in Journal of College Admission (Summer 2008): 22-28 Summary:  Sorey, Registrar at Tidewater Community College in Virginia, and Duggan, Assistant Professor of Community College Leadership … Continue reading

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STATE REGULATION OF HOMESCHOOLING AND SAT SCORES: Is There a Relationship?

Record:  Brian D. Ray and Bruce K. Eagleson, “State Regulation of Homeschooling and Homeschoolers’ SAT Scores” in Academic Leadership: The Online Journal 6, no. 3 (14 August 2008).  [Available fulltext here] Summary:  Ray, founder and president of the National Home Education Research … Continue reading

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RETHINKING THE BOUNDARIES: Perry Glanzer Defends Homeschooling against Rob Reich’s Critique

Record:  Perry L. Glanzer, “Rethinking the Boundaries and Burdens of Parental Authority over Education: A Response to Rob Reich’s Case Study of Homeschooling” in Educational Theory 58, no. 1 (2008): 1-16 Summary:  Glanzer, an education professor at Baylor University best … Continue reading

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