Tag Archives: Brian Ray

DOES HOMESCHOOLING “WORK”: A Critique of Advocacy Research

Record: Christopher Lubienski, Tiffany Puckett, and T. Jameson Brewer, “Does Homeschooling ‘Work’? A Critique of the Empirical Claims and Agenda of Advocacy Organizations” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 378-392. Summary: Lubienski is well known as one of … Continue reading

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HOSTILITY OR INDIFFERENCE? Why There’s not More Homeschooling Research

Record: Charles Howell, “Hostility or Indifference? The Marginalization of Homeschooling in the Educational Profession” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 355-364. Summary: Howell, a philosopher of education and Dean of Beeghly College of Education at Youngstown State … Continue reading

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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Christian Homeschooling in America, Part 1

Record: Robert Kunzman, Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling (Boston: Beacon Press, 2009). Kunzman, Associate Professor of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington and author of many works on religion, ethics, and education, here … Continue reading

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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: A New Cardus Survey of Homeschooling in Canada

Record: R. Pennings, et al., “A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Measuring Non-Government School Effects in Service of the Canadian Public Good” (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2012).  Available for free download here. Summary: Back in 2011 I reviewed the first Cardus … Continue reading

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A PROFILE OF HOMESCHOOLING: Why do South Dakota Parents Homeschool?

Record: Bonnie F. Boschee and Floyd Boschee, “A Profile of Homeschooling in South Dakota” in Journal of School Choice: Research, Theory, and Reform 5, no. 3 (2011): 281-299. Summary: Floyd Boschee, emeritus professor of education at University of South Dakota, … 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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CAN INTIMACY JUSTIFY HOME EDUCATION?: A Speculative Argument

Record:  Michael S. Merry and Charles Howell, “Can Intimacy Justify Home Education?” in Theory and Research in Education, November 2009. Summary:  Merry, professor of philosophy of education at the University of Amsterdam and author of an important recent book on … 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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