Tag Archives: Cardus Education Survey

A Case for Homeschooling

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Milton Gaither

Record: Darren A. Jones, “A Case for Home Schooling” in in Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan, eds., The Wiley Handbook of School Choice (Malden, MA: 2017), pp. 344-361. Summary: Jones, a staff attorney with HSLDA, former homeschooler, and homeschooling father of four, … Continue reading →

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HARO 2014 INSTALLMENT SIX: Present and Future

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschool Movement, Installment Six” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (15 April 2016). [Available Here] Summary: This post reviews the sixth installment of HARO’s survey of … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLING AND YOUNG ADULT OUTCOMES: Evidence from Cardus 2011 and 2014

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Robert Lyon

Record: David Sikkink and Sara Skiles, “Homeschooling and Young Adult Outcomes: Evidence from the 2011 and 2014 Cardus Education Survey” (2015): 1-16. [Available Here] Summary: Cardus Religious Schools Initiative released their first survey in 2011 (review available here). They later released their … Continue reading →

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HOME SCHOOLING IN CANADA: A Fraser Institute Report

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Milton Gaither

Record: Deani Neven Van Pelt, “Home Schooling in Canada: The Current Picture–2015 Edition.”  Barbara Mitchell Center for Improvement in Education (June 2015).  [Available Here] Summary: Van Pelt, who has published occasional studies of home education since 2003, is director of … Continue reading →

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The Cardus Education Survey, 2014

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: R. Pennings, et al, “Private Education for the Public Good: 2014 Report,” Cardus Education Survey, 2014. [Available for download here] Summary: In 2011 the first Cardus Education Survey was released.  With its large randomized sample of young adults age 24-39, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Milton Gaither

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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SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: A Review of the Literature

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Milton Gaither

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 →

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BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES BUT EDUCATORS DO NOT PROMOTE IT: A Rebuttal of Homeschooling Critiques

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Brian D. Ray, “Homeschooling Associated with Beneficial Learner and Societal Outcomes but Educators Do Not Promote It” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 324-341. Summary: Ray is without question the most influential researcher in homeschooling given … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLING AND SOCIALIZATION REVISITED

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Richard G. Medlin, “Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited,” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 284-297. Summary: Medlin, a psychology professor at Stetson University, here continues a line of inquiry he began in one of the … Continue reading →

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