Tag Archives: Robert Kunzman

Arts Teaching and Home Education

Record: Katie Burke and David Cleaver, “The Art of Home Education: An Investigation Into the Impact of Context on Arts Teaching and Learning in Home Education” in Cambridge Journal of Education 49(2019): 771-788. [Abstract Here] Summary: Dr. Katie Burke and David Cleaver are lecturers of at … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Research Review

Record: Kathleen B. Cook, Katie E. Bennett, Justin D. Lane, and Theologia K. Mataras, “Beyond the Brick Walls: Homeschooling Students with Special Needs” in Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 32 (2), (2013): 90-103. [Available Here] Summary: Kathleen B. Cook, Katie E. Bennett, … Continue reading

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WHY DOES THE APPLE FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: How Children Abandon their Parents’ Views

Record: Elias Dinas, “Why Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree? How Early Political Socialization Prompts Parent-Child Dissimilarity” in British Journal of Political Science (April 2014): 1-26.  Introduction: This article is not explicitly about home education.  Its central question, … Continue reading

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GENDER, RELIGION, AND HOMESCHOOLING: Michael Apple Weighs In

Record: Michael W. Apple, “Gender, Religion, and the Work of Homeschooling” in Zehavit Gross, Lynn Davies, and Al-Khansaa Diab, eds., Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World (Springer, 2013). Abstract Here. Summary: Apple, an education professor at the … Continue reading

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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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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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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”

Joseph Murphy, is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.  He has authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, of which you can read … Continue reading

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EDUCATION, SCHOOLING, AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: How to Regulate Homeschooling

Record: Robert Kunzman, “Education, Schooling, and Children’s Rights: the Complexity of Homeschooling” in Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (February 2012): 75-89. Summary: Kunzman is author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling and … Continue reading

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UNDERSTANDING HOMESCHOOLING REGULATIONS: An Minimalist Argument for Evaluating Basic Skills

Record:  Robert Kunzman, “Understanding Homeschooling: A Better Approach to Regulation” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 311-330 Summary:  Kunzman, professor of education at Indiana University and author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside … Continue reading

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