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HOMESCHOOL BACKGROUND: Homeschoolers at Patrick Henry College

Record: Daniel L. Bennett, Elyssa Edwards, and Courtney Ngai, “Homeschool Background, Time Use and Academic Performance at a Private Religious College” in Educational Studies 45, no. 3 (2019), pp. 305-325. [abstract here] Summary: Bennett, an economics professor at Baylor‘s Libertarian-leaning Baugh … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOL AND UNDERAGE DRINKING: Comparison to Public and Private Schoolers

Record: Robert A. Thomson and Sung Joon Jang, “Homeschool and Underage Drinking: Is It More Protective than Public and Private Schools?” in Deviant Behavior 37, no. 3 (2016): 281-301. [Abstract] Summary: Thomson is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Baylor University, … Continue reading

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FIRST MARRIAGE AND FIRST BIRTH: Comparing Religious, Home, and Public Schools

Record: Jeremy E. Uecker and Jonathan P. Hill, “Religious Schools, Home Schools, and the Timing of First Marriage and First Birth” in Review of Religious Research 56, no. 2 (June 2014): 189-218. [Abstract Here] Summary: Uecker, a sociology professor at … Continue reading

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WHY WE NEED HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique of Democratic Education

Record: Perry L. Glanzer, “Saving Democratic Education from Itself: Why We Need Homeschooling” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 342-354. Summary: Glanzer, an education professor at Baylor University, here argues that homeschooling provides a helpful corrective to … Continue reading

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