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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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HOME EDUCATING PARENTS: Martyrs or Pathmakers?

Record: Leslie Safran Barson, “Home Educating Parents: Martyrs or Pathmakers?” in International Perspectives on Home Education (2015): 21-29. [Table of Contents] Summary: This article is part of a series of reviews on the book International Perspectives on Home Education. Barson is a homeschooling mother … Continue reading

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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON HOME EDUCATION: Do We Still Need Schools?

International Perspectives of Home Education discusses home-based education in a wide variety of countries such as the UK, USA, Australia, Israel, Afghanistan, Norway, Germany and more. The volume was edited by Paula Rothermel, a UK academic in the field of … Continue reading

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