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Reaction to Dwyer and Peters, HOMESCHOOLING

In a previous post I summarized the new book by Shawn F. Peters and James G. Dwyer, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019).  In this post I will make some comments about it.

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PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER CHILDREN’S INTERESTS: An Argument for Abolishing Homeschooling

Record: Martha Fineman and George B. Shepherd, “Homeschooling: Choosing Parental Rights Over Children’s Interests” in University of Baltimore Law Review 46, no. 1 (2016), 57-106. Summary: Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University, and Shepherd, also a law professor at Emory, … Continue reading

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Parental Rights and Children’s Interests

Record: Martha Albertson Fineman, “Home Schooling: Putting Parental Rights Over Children’s Best Interest” in Robert A. Fox and Nina K. Buchanan, eds., The Wiley Handbook of School Choice (Malden, MA: 2017), pp. 362-375. Summary: Fineman is one of the most important living … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES: A Critique of Advocacy Research and Individualism

Record: T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski, “Homeschooling in the United States: Examining the Rationales for Individualizing Education” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 21-38.  [Available Here] Summary: Brewer teaches in the education department at the University of North Georgia and is perhaps … Continue reading

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SAFE AT HOME: Establishing a Fundamental Right to Homeschooling

Record: Billy Gage Raley, “Safe at Home: Establishing a Fundamental Right to Homeschooling.” Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 1 (2017): 59-90. [Abstract] Summary: Billy Gage Raley is a professor at Hanyang University School of Law in South Korea, and in this article he … Continue reading

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RIGHT TO HOMESCHOOL: Seeking A Free Speech Right to Homeschool

Record: Jennifer Karinen, “Finding a Free Speech Right to Homeschool: An Emersonian Approach.” The Georgetown Law Journal, 105, No. 1 (2016): 191-215. [Abstract] Summary: Karinen, a lawyer in New York and graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, in this article explains that a right to homeschool, … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT: A Look at Pierce and Meyer

Record: David M. Wagner, “Homeschooling as a Constitutional Right: A Close Look at Meyer and Pierce and the Lochner-Based Assumptions They Made About State Regulatory Power” in Oklahoma City University Law Review (2014): 1-30. [Abstract] Summary: Wagner is a former professor from Regent University … Continue reading

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WHO KNOWS BEST: Constitutional Principles and Homeschooling

Record: Linda Wang, “Who Knows Best? The Appropriate Level of Judicial Scrutiny on Compulsory Education Laws Regarding Home Schooling” in Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, 25 (Winter 2011); 413-448. Summary: Wang, who earned her J.D. from St. John’s … Continue reading

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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

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PARENTAL EDUCATION RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: a Doctoral Dissertation

Record Julio Alberto Lagos, “Parental Education Rights in the United States and Canada: Homeschooling and its Legal Protection” (J.C.D. Dissertation, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, 2011) [Available Here] Lagos’ dissertation seeks to explain the understandings that have emerged in … Continue reading

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