Monthly Archives: May 2013

HOMEWARD BOUND: A Journalist Chronicles Hip Domesticity

Record: Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013). Matchar is a freelance journalist who has written for many prominent publications.  This is her first book. Summary: Matchar’s book is a … Continue reading

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LATIN IN THE HOMESCHOOLING COMMUNITY: Results of a Large-Scale Survey

Record: Christine Hahn, “Latin in the Homeschooling Community,” in Teaching Classical Languages 4, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 26-51. [Available Here] Hahn is a homeschooling mother and owner of Latin for Homeschoolers, an online tutoring service. Summary: To date there has … Continue reading

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DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS: A Peek Inside Four Classical Homeschools

Record: Kenneth V. Anthony and Susie Burroughs, “Day to Day Operations of Home School Families: Selecting from a Menu of Educational Choices to meet Students’ Individual Instructional Needs.” in International Education Studies, 5, no. 1 (February 2012): 1-17. [Available fulltext … Continue reading

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THE NEW CLASSICAL SCHOOLING: A Summary and Appraisal

Record: Peter J. Leithart, “The New Classical Schooling” in Intercollegiate Review 43, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 3-12. (Available fulltext here) Leithart, a professor at New Saint Andrews University in Moscow, Idaho, is well-placed to chronicle the emerging classical Christian Education … Continue reading

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INFORMAL HOME EDUCATION: A Philosophical Rationale for Liberated Pedagogy

Record: Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison, “Informal Home Education: Philosophical Aspirations Put Into Practice” in Studies in Philosophy and Education 32(2): 141-154 (2013) [Available Here] British researchers Thomas and Pattison are frequent collaborators, most significantly on the 2008 revision of … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN AMERICA: A Book-Length Survey of Homeschooling Research

Record: Joseph Murphy, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012). Murphy, Associate Dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University and author of many, many books and articles on a wide range of … Continue reading

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