Tag Archives: Home School Researcher

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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EVIDENCE FOR HOMESCHOOLING: Three Lawyers Argue for Less Regulation of Homeschooling

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Milton Gaither

Record: Tanya K. Dumas, Sean Gates, and Deborah R. Schwarzer, “Evidence for Homeschooling: Constitutional Analysis in Light of Social Science Research” in Widener Law Review, 16, no. 1 (September 2010): 63-87. [Abstract available here] Summary: The authors here are all … Continue reading →

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CAN INTIMACY JUSTIFY HOME EDUCATION?: A Speculative Argument

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Milton Gaither

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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