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Tag Archives: Cheryl Fields-Smith
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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HOME SCHOOLING: A CQ Researcher Report
Record: Marcia Clemmitt, “Home Schooling: Do Parents Give their Children A Good Education?” CQ Researcher 24, no. 10 (7 March 2014), pp. 217-240. [Available Here] Summary: The CQ Researcher has long been an influential publication, especially among politicians and others … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, Gender, History, Legal, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools
Tagged Brian Ray, Cheryl Fields-Smith, CQ Researcher, Georgetown, HSLDA, Jennifer Lois, Joseph Murphy, Josh Powell, Lawrence Rudner, Marcia Clemmitt, Milton Gaither, Mitchell Stevens, NCES, Rachel Coleman, Rob Kunzman, Texas Home School Coalition, Will Estrada
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING: A Large-Scale Study
Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education” in Education and Urban Society 20, no. 10 (2013): 1-22. [Abstract here] Summary: Mazama, a professor of African American studies at Temple University, and … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged African Americans, Ama Mazama, Atlanta, Bridgeport, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Chicago, Columbia, DE, educational protectionism, Florence, Garvey Lundy, Meca Williams, Monica Wells Kisura, Montgomery County Community College, New York City, Philadelphia, Qualitative, racism, SC, snowball sampling, Temple University, Washington D.C.
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RESISTING THE STATUS QUO: Black Homeschoolers in Atlanta and Washington DC
Record: Cheryl Fields-Smith and Monica Wells Kisura, “Resisting the Status Quo: The Narratives of Black Homeschoolers in Metro-Atlanta and Metro-DC” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 265-283. Summary: Fields-Smith of the University of Georgia, whose pathbreaking work … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity, Special Needs
Tagged Afrocentric, Baltimore Sun, bell hooks, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Gary Wyatt, homeplace, Monica Wells Kisura, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, Peabody Journal of Education, Robert Reich, Secession of the Successful, Trinity Washington University, University of Georgia, Washington, Washington D.C.
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New Homeschooling-themed Issue of the PEABODY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
Every so often an academic journal decides to devote an entire issue to the topic of homeschooling. Here is a list of such themed issues: International Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010). Theory and Research in Education … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, College/Postsecondary, Race/Ethnicity, Socialization
Tagged Blane Despres, Brian D. Ray, Charles Howell, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Christopher Lubienski, Donna M. Johnson, Education and Urban Society, Evaluation and Research in Education, Gene W. Gloeckner, International Journal of Elementary Education, Jameson Brewer, Journal of College Admission, Michael Farris, Monica Wells Kisura, National Home Education Research Institute, NHERI, Paul Jones, Peabody Journal of Education, Perry L. Glanzer, Richard G. Medlin, Theory and Research in Education, Tiffany Puckett
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HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS: The Emotional Lives of Homeschooling Mothers, Part 2
Record: Jennifer Lois, Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering(New York University Press, 2013). Summary: This book was summarized in my first post, which can be read here. Appraisal: First, a … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation, Religion
Tagged believers, Cheryl Fields-Smith, closed communion, ideologues, inclusives, Joseph Murphy, Linda Hanna, Meca Williams, open communion, oxytocin, pedagogues, snowball sampling, theoretical generalizability, theoretical saturation
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Cheryl Fields-Smith Reviews Mazama and Lundy, “African American Homeschooling as Racial Protectionism”
Record: Mazama, A. and Lundy, G. (2012). African American homeschooling as racial protectionism. Journal of Black Studies, 43(7), 723-748. Summary: Mazama and Lundy conducted a study of homeschooling among 74 African American families representing metropolitan communities across the South, Midwest, … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Afrocentric, Ama Mazama, Brown v. Board of Education, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Garvey Lundy, Heather Williams, Journal of Black Studies, Martin Luther King, Meca R. Williams-Johnson, Monica Wells Kisura, Racial Protectionism, Racial Protectionists, Self-Taught, Their Highest Potential, University of Georgia, Vanessa Siddle Walker
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BLACK PARENTS’ DECISIONS TO HOME SCHOOL: Four Key Themes
Record: Cheryl Fields-Smith and Meca Williams, “Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School” in Urban Review 41 (2009): 369-389 Summary: Fields-Smith, a professor at the University of Georgia, and Williams, at Georgia Southern, here offer an … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Afrocentric, Afrocentrism, Cheryl Fields-Smith, community-nomination process, liberation theology, Meca Williams, Urban Review
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