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Monthly Archives: October 2012
PRIVATE OPPRESSION: Fundamentalist Mormons and Homeschooling
Record: Teri Dobbins Baxter, “Private Oppression: How Laws that Protect Privacy Can Lead to Oppression” in Kansas Law Review 58, no. 2 (January 2010): 415-471 [Available for purchase here] Summary: Baxter, Professor of Law at St. Louis University, here seeks … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Legal, Policy/Regulation, Religion
Tagged FLDS, HSLDA, Kansas Law Review, Oregon v. Smith, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, St. Louis University, Strict Scrutiny, Teri Dobbins Baxter, Yearning For Zion
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EXPLORING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES: Homeschoolers in College
Record: Michael F. Cogan, “Exploring Academic Outcomes of Homeschooled Students” in Journal of College Admission 208: 18-25(2010). Full article available here. Summary: Cogan acknowledges the lack of satisfactory, empirical research concerning homeschooled students’ academic achievements and/or outcomes at the collegiate … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary
Tagged GPA, HSLDA, Journal of College Admission, Michael F. Cogan
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HOMESCHOOLING: THE FUTURE, an Argument both For and Against Increased Regulation
Record: Ronald Kreager, Jr., “Homeschooling: The Future of Education’s Most Basic Institution,” in University of Toledo Law Review, 42, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 227-233. [Excerpt available here] Summary/Critique: Kreager, a J.D. candidate at the University of Toledo College of Law, … Continue reading
Posted in Legal
Tagged Amish, Chad Olsen, HSLDA, Judith McMullen, Linda Dobson, North Carolina, Right of the Child, Ronald Kreager Jr., South Carolina Law Review, United Nations' Convention, University of Toledo College of Law, University of Toledo Law Review, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS: The Most Recent Study by Brian D. Ray
Record: Brian D. Ray, “Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study” in Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal 8, no. 1 (February 2010). [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of a long line of nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement
Tagged Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal, Bob Jones University Press, Brian D. Ray, Family Learning Organization, HSLDA, Lawrence Rudner, Piedmont Education Services, Seton Home Study
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LIBERATING LEARNING: Virtual Public Schooling at Home
Record: Terry M. Moe and John E Chubb, Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education(San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2009). Summary: Moe and Chubb are legendary in the world of Educational Policy. Their 1990 book Politics, Markets and … Continue reading
Posted in Public Schools, Technology
Tagged EdisonLearning, Florida Virtual School, Hoover Institution, HSLDA, John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe
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WHY STATE SANCTIONS FAIL TO DETER HOME EDUCATION: A Look at Homeschooling in Germany
Record: Thomas Spiegler, “Why State Sanctions Fail to Deter Home Education: An Analysis of Home Education in Germany and its Implications for Home Education Policies” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 297-309 Summary: Thomas Spiegler, … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Friedensau Adventist University, Rob Reich, Theory and Research in Education, Thomas Spiegler
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THE HOME-EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: A British Perspective
Record: Sarah Parsons and Ann Lewis, “The Home-Education of Children with Special Needs or Disabilities in the UK: Views of Parents from an Online Survey” in International Journal of Inclusive Education 14, no. 1 (February 2010): 67-86. Summary: Parsons, research … Continue reading
Posted in International, Special Needs
Tagged Ann Lewis, ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, British National Curriculum, England, Great Britain, International Journal of Inclusive Education, personalization, Sarah Parsons, Special Education, University of Birmingham
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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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REGULATING HOME EDUCATION: The Legal Situation in Great Britain
Record: Daniel Monk, “Regulating Home Education: Negotiating Standards, Anomalies, and Rights” in Child and Family Law Quarterly 21, no. 2(2009): 155-184 Summary: Monk, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Birbeck at the University of London, has been studying homeschooling … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged and Families, Child and Family Law Quarterly, Daniel Monk, DCFS, Department for Children, Education Act of 1996, Education and Inspection Act, England, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Convention of Human Rights, Great Britain, Konrad v. Germany, Leuffen v. Germany, Local Authorities, Rob Reich, Schools, UN Convention on teh Rights of the Child, University of London
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS: Brian Ray’s Latest Study
Record: Brian D. Ray, “Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study” in Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal 8, no. 1 (February 2010). [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of a long line of nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement
Tagged Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal, Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, HSLDA, NHERI
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