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Tag Archives: Michael Farris
U.S. HOMESCHOOLERS ON THE WORLD: Christian Soldiers & Downshifters
Allahyari, Rebecca A. “Christian Soldiers and Downshifters: U.S. Homeschoolers on the World.” The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective, edited by R. L. F. Habito and K. Inaba, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2006), 141-163. … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Race/Ethnicity, Socialization
Tagged American Indian Homeschooling, HSLDA, Michael Farris, Native American Homeschooling, Patrick Henry College, Pueblo, Rebecca Allahyari, Robert Reich, School for Advanced Research
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TOLERANCE AND LIBERTY: Michael Farris Defends Homeschooling
Record: Michael Farris, “Tolerance and Liberty: Answering the Academic Left’s Challenge to Homeschooling Freedom” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 393-406. Summary: Farris, the United States’ most influential homeschooling leader for the past 25 years, here summarizes … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged and Cultural Rights, Catherine J. Ross, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Kimberly Yuracko, Martha Albert Fineman, Michael Farris, Nazi, Peabody Journal of Education, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, San Antonio v. Rodriguez, Social, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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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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QUIVERFULL: A Journalist’s Account of a Homeschooling Sub-Culture, Part 3
This post is the final installment of my treatment of Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. In my first post I summarized the book’s content. In my second post I offered a few critiques and generalizations. Here I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation
Tagged Albert Mohler, Amish, Christian Right, Doug Phillips, Gary North, Geoffrey Botkin, God's Harvard, Half-Way Covenant, Hanna Rosin, Harvard College, Jr., Kathryn Joyce, Michael Farris, Mormons, Old Order Mennonite, Patriarchy, Patrick Henry College, Protestantism, Puritans, Quiverfull, R.C. Sproul, Reconstructionism, Religious Right, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Southern Baptist, Unitarianism, Yale Divinity School
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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Christian Homeschooling in America, Part 2
This post continues my review of Robert Kunzman, Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling(Boston: Beacon, 2009). In part one I summarized the book’s contents and offered a few tepid critiques. Here I’d like … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette Lareau, Generation Joshua, GenJ, HSLDA, libertarianism, Michael Farris, Ned Ryun, Robert Kunzman, Theocracy, Unequal Childhoods
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FUNDAMENTALIST CHALLENGES: Another Lawyer Argues for Increased Homeschooling Regulations
Record:Catherine J. Ross, “Fundamentalist Challenges to Core Democratic Values: Exit and Homeschooling.” in William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 18, 991-1014 (2010). [Available Here] Summary: Ross, Professor of Law at George Washington University, here argues several claims: 1. assertions … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Catherine J. Ross, Combs v. Homer-Center School District, Employment Division v. Smith, George Washington University, HSLDA, Justice Brennan, Kimberly Yuracko, Michael Farris, Robin West, Runyan v. McCrary, Swanson v. Guthrie, Timothy Waddell, Willian and Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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