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A Case for Homeschooling

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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HOME SCHOOLING IN CANADA: A Fraser Institute Report

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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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

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DOES HOMESCHOOLING “WORK”: A Critique of Advocacy Research

Record: Christopher Lubienski, Tiffany Puckett, and T. Jameson Brewer, “Does Homeschooling ‘Work’? A Critique of the Empirical Claims and Agenda of Advocacy Organizations” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 378-392. Summary: Lubienski is well known as one of … Continue reading

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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Christian Homeschooling in America, Part 1

Record: Robert Kunzman, Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling (Boston: Beacon Press, 2009). Kunzman, Associate Professor of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington and author of many works on religion, ethics, and education, here … Continue reading

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THE IMPACT OF SCHOOLING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Comparing Homeschooling and Institutional Schooling

Record: Sandra Martin-Chang, Odette N. Gould, and Reanne E. Meuse, “The Impact of Schooling on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Homeschooled and Traditionally Schooled Children.” Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 43, no. 3 (July 2011): 195-202. Summary: The authors of this … Continue reading

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS: The Most Recent Study by Brian D. Ray

Record: Brian D. Ray, “Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study” in Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal 8, no. 1 (February 2010).  [Available Here] Summary: This is the latest of a long line of nearly … Continue reading

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