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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH: What Educators Might Learn
Record: Brian Ray, “A review of research on homeschooling and what might educators learn?” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May-August 2017): 85-103.[Available Here] Summary: Ray is unquestionably the most well-known researcher in the field of home education, having made this his career … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Race/Ethnicity, Research Methodology, Socialization
Tagged Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, Proposicoes
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NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: First Look from 2016
Record: Meghan McQuiggan, Mahi Megra, and Sara Grady, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016, (NCES 2017-2012) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2017) [Available Here] Introduction: Every four or five years, the … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Religion, Research Methodology, Special Needs
Tagged Mahi Megra, Meghan McQuiggan, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, NCES, Sara Grady
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SKIPPING SCHOOL: Homeschooling in Los Angeles, 1950-2010
Record: Dixie Dillon Lane, Skipping School: Homeschooling in Los Angeles County, 1950-2010 (Ph.D. Diss, University of Notre Dame, 2015). Summary: Lane, who teaches history classes at Christendom College while homeschooling her three children, here presents a remarkable history of homeschooling in Los … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Dixie Dillon Lane, In re Rachel L., In re Shinn, John Holt, Jonathan L. et al, Los Angeles, Oak Meadow, People v. Turner, Raymond Moore, University of Notre Dame
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TYPES OF HOMESCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS: Need Support for Children’s Academic Motivation
Record: Debra A. Bell, Avi Kaplan, and S. Kenneth Thurman, “Types of Homeschool Environments and Need Support for Children’s Academic Motivation.” Journal of School Choice, 10, No. 3 (2016): 330-354. [Abstract] Summary: Bell is a former teacher, best-selling author, and the founder of … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Pedagogy
Tagged Avi Kaplan, Brian D. Ray, Debra A. Bell, Edward Deci, Gina Riley, Journal of School Choice, Noraisha Yusof, Odette N. Gould, Peter Gray, Reanne E. Meuse, S. Kenneth Thurman, Sandra Martin-Chang, Self Determination Theory, Sharon Green-Hennessy, Temple University
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THE CHANGING CONVERSATION AROUND HOMESCHOOLING: More Data and Less Ideology
Record: Mary Rice Hasson, “The Changing Conversations around Homeschooling: An Argument for More Data and Less Ideology” in The University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy (2012*): 1-23. [First Page] Summary: Hasson is a fellow at the Catholic Studies … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Religion
Tagged Catherine J. Ross, Kimberly Yuracko, Mary Rice Hasson, Rob Reich, The University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy
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SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: A Review of the Literature
Record: Joseph Murphy, “The Social and Educational Outcomes of Homeschooling” in Sociological Spectrum 34, no. 3 (April 2014), 244-272. [Abstract Here] Summary: Murphy, a professor at Vanderbilt University and author of the excellent book-length review of homeschooling scholarship Homeschooling in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, Research Methodology, Socialization
Tagged Ama Mazama, Braden Ryan Hoelzle, Cardus Education Survey, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Garvey Lundy, Jennifer Lois, Jonathan P. Hill, Joseph Murphy, Kevin R. Den Dulk, Lee Garth Vigilant, Monica Wells Kisura, Odette N. Gould, Reanne E. Meuse, Richard Medlin, Rob Kunzman, Sandra Martin-Chang, Vanderbilt University
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New NCES Homeschooling Data!
Record: Amber Noel, Patrick Stark, and Jeremy Redford, Parent and Family Involvement in Education, from the National Household Education Survey Program of 2012, (NCES 2013-028) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2013)[Available Here] Summary: Every four years the National Center … Continue reading
THE MYTH OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A Sweeping Look at the History Behind the U.S. Culture Wars
Record: David Sehat, The Myth of American Religious Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011). Summary: Sehat is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University. Sehat takes one idea and traces its history from the American founding to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Commandments, 14th Amendment, African Americans, Baptist, Biblical Criticism, Bill of Rights, Blasphemy laws, blue laws, Catholics, Civil War, Constitution, Culture War, Darwinism, David Sehat, Decency laws, Dred Scott, Evangelical, Evolution, First Amendment, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, freethinkers, godless Constitution, Great Depression, James Madison, Methodist, moral establishment, Moral Majority, Reconstruction, Second Great Awakening, slavery, Ten Commandments
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