Tag Archives: University of Wisconsin

A New Scholarly Book on Homeschooling

Record:  James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters, Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice (University of Chicago Press, 2019). It has been several years now since we’ve had a rigorous scholarly book on homeschooling.  This new book by Peters … 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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THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION: Home Study Programs in the 1920s-1930s and Today

Record: Robert Hampel, “The Business of Education: Home Study at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s and 1930s.” in Teachers College Record 112, no. 9 (September 2010): 2496-2517. Summary: Hampel, a professor at the University of … Continue reading

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