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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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