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HOW I STARTED: Parental Motivations in Parents’ Own Words

Record: Ari Neuman and Oz Guterman, “How I Started Home Schooling: Founding Stories of Mothers Who Home School Their Children,” in Research Papers in Education 34, no. 2, (2019): 192-207. [abstract here] Summary: Neuman and Guterman, who have been on … Continue reading

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THE HOMESCHOOLING CONTINUUM: Redefining Homeschooling for the 21st Century

Record: Jennifer L. Jolly and Michael S. Matthews, “The Shifting Landscape of the Homeschooling Continuum” in Educational Review (2018). [Abstract Here] Summary: Jolly, Associate Professor of Gifted Education at the University of Alabama, and Matthews, Director of Gifted Programs at UNC Charlotte, … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLED ADOLESCENTS: Drugs, Delinquency, and Grade Level

Record: Sharon Green-Hennessy, “Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: Developmental Outcomes” in Journal of Adolescence 37, no. 4 (June 2014): 441-449 [Abstract here] Summary:  Green-Hennessy is a psychology professor at Loyola Maryland.  After beginning with a very strong lit review, … Continue reading

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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

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