This post briefly reviews Lizza Aiken, “Growing Up with Joan Aiken: A Daughter’s View” in Horn Book Magazine (May/June 2009): 253-258.
Joan Aiken (1924-2004!) was a major figure in 20th century children’s literature. She wrote nearly 100 books, the most popular of which are probably the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. In this article her daughter Lizza describes Joan’s [...]
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Joan Aiken as homeschooler
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschooling in Literature and Film, tagged children's literature, Horn Book, Joan Aiken, memorization, reading to children, Wolves of Willoughby Chase on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Glass on Homeschooling and Privatization
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Parental motivation, Politics of homeschooling, tagged African American homeschooling, and Steel, birth rates, Black homeschooling, Bob Jones Complete, Bob Jones University, Crimson Wife, Gene Glass, Gene V. Glass, Germs, Guns, Hispanic homeschooling, Jared Diamond, Karl Marx, Lawrence Rudner, Minority homeschooling rates, NCES, privatization, school choice on May 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This post reviews Gene V. Glass, Fertilizers, Pills, And Magnetic Strips: The Fate Of Public Education In America (Charlotte: Information Age Publishing, 2008).
Glass, a professor of education at Arizona State University and author of numerous studies related to empirical research in education, here provides a sweeping, almost epic account of the broad economic and social [...]
Schwartz on Homeschooling Laws
Posted in Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, tagged Brian D. Schwartz, John W. Whitehead, Journal of School Choice, Robert Kunzman, Rutherford Institute, Theresa Willingham on May 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This post briefly reviews Brian D. Schwartz, The Law of Homeschooling (Dayton: Education Law Assn., 2008) [ordering info here]
Let me begin by saying that I have not read this book. When I was writing the legal chapter in my own book on homeschooling I looked at the older edition of this text (published in 1994) [...]
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