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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
Posted in Legal
Tagged Brigham Young Univeristy Education and Law Journal, Chad Olsen, In re Rachel L., Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Shawn Peters, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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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
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Socialization
Tagged John Braxton, Journal of College Student Retention, Mary Saunders, Vincent Tinto
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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
Posted in Curriculum, Public Schools, Technology
Tagged California Virtual Academies, Carol Klein, CAVA, Claremont Graduate University, K12, Marriage and Family Review, Mary Poplin, Virtual Charter Schools
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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
Posted in Parental Motivation
Tagged Deviant Behavior, Jennifer Lois, maternal deviance, Teaching Parents Association, TPA, Western Washington University
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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
Posted in History, Parental Motivation, Socialization
Tagged CDMCLA, Chidren's Digital Media Center, Creative Class, David Riesman, Developmental Psychology, Ferdinand Tonnies, folk societies, gemeinschaft, gesellschaft, Inner Directed, Patricia Greenfield, Robert Redfield, Tradition Directed, urban societies
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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
Posted in Public Schools, Special Needs
Tagged Allan Osborne Jr., Durkee v. Livonia Central School District, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, School Business Affairs
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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
Posted in Public Schools, Religion, Socialization
Tagged Christian Smith, Jeremy Uecker, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Melinda Lundquist Denton, National Survey of Youth and Religion, NSYR, Peter Berger, Sacred Canopy, Sacred Umbrella, Soul Searching: teh Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
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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
Posted in College/Postsecondary
Tagged Journal of College Admission, Kellie Sorey, Molly Duggan
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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
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
Posted in Policy/Regulation
Tagged Autonomy, Educational Theory, Perry Glazner, Rob Reich
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