This post reviews Robin L. West, “The Harms of Homeschooling” in Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly 29, no. 3/4 (Summer/Fall 2009): 7-11 [Available here]
West, a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, here provides perhaps the most blistering attack on homeschooling to be published in a reputable source in many years.
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West on the Harms of Homeschooling
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Constitution, ethical servility, fundamentalist Protestants, Georgetown University Law Center, home visits, HSLDA, immunizations, Kathryn Joyce, Michigan, Perry Glanzer, Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, physical abuse, public health, Quiverfull, Rob Kunzman, Rob Reich, Robin L. West, USA Today, Write These Laws on your Children on December 21, 2009 | 61 Comments »
Kunzman on Regulating Homeschooling
Posted in Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Government regulation of homeschooling, Homeschool Regulation, Homeschooling Regulation, National Education Association, NEA, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Robert Kunzman, Theory and Research in Education, Wisconsin v. Yoder on November 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This post reviews Robert Kunzman, “Understanding Homeschooling: A Better Approach to Regulation” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 311-330
Kunzman, well known on this blog as the author of the excellent study Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling, here engages explicitly the aspect of [...]
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) [...]
Howard Ahmanson’s Astonishing Political Switch
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Chris Klicka, Home School Legal Defense Association, Howard Ahmanson, HSLDA, John W. Whitehead, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Rutherford Institute on March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This blog is usually not really bloggy, in the sense that I don’t normally comment on other blogs posting about this or that passing tidbit. But today I’ll break from my normal modus operandi for a truly remarkable tidbit.
Yesterday I read on Rod Dreher’s “Crunchycon” blog that Howard Ahmanson, the famous Orange County Billionaire whose [...]
Osborne, Jr. on Homeschoolers with Special Needs
Posted in Homeschool Law, Special Education, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Allan G. Osborne, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Jr., Special Education on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post briefly reviews Allan G. Osborne, Jr., “IDEA and Alternative Education Choices: Legal Issues” in School Business Affairs 74, no. 10 (November 2008): 24-26.
Osborne, Jr., an authority on special education law, here explains the rights accorded homeschooled children by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Varnham on Homeschooling in Australia and New Zealand
Posted in Homeschool Law, International Homeschooling, tagged Homeschooling in Australia, Homeschooling in New Zealand, Sally Varnham on October 14, 2008 | 19 Comments »
This post reviews Sally Varnham, “My Home, My School, My Island: Home Education in Australia and New Zealand” in Public Space: The Journal of Law and Social Justice 2 (2008): 1-30. [Available fulltext here]
Varnham, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, specializes in education law. Here she [...]
Ray and Eagleson on Government Regulations and SAT Scores
Posted in Homeschool Law, Homeschooling and Higher Education, Politics of homeschooling, Quantitative data, research methodology, tagged Brian D. Ray, Bruce K. Eagleson, Government regulation of homeschooling, National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), SAT scores on September 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This post reviews Brian D. Ray and Bruce K. Eagleson, “State Regulation of Homeschooling and Homeschoolers’ SAT Scores” in Academic Leadership: The Online Journal 6, no. 3 (14 August 2008). [Available fulltext here]
Ray, founder and president of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), and Eagleson, Chief of Emergency Medicine at a hospital in Lebanon, PA, [...]
Levy on Homeschooling and Racism
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Law, Parental motivation, Politics of homeschooling, Quantitative data, research methodology, tagged African American homeschooling, Casey Patrick Cochran, Diffusion Research, Georgia, Minorities and homeschooling, Race and homeschooling, Tal Levy on July 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This post reviews Tal Levy, “Homeschooling and Racism” in Journal of Black Studies (November 2007): 1-19. (Available fulltext here).
Levy, a political science professor at Marygrove College in Detroit, here offers 13 hypothetical reasons why various states passed homeschool legislation and puts each hypothesis to the test to see if it really explains the expansion of homeschooling. [...]
Cooper and Sureau on Homeschooling Politics
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Bruce S. Cooper, CHAP, HSLDA, John Sureau, NHERI, Scott Somerville on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This post reviews Bruce S. Cooper and John Sureau, “The Politics of Homeschooling: New Developments, New Challenges” in Educational Policy 21, no. 1 (Jan and Mar 2007): 110-131 (available online here)
Cooper, editor of the recent anthology Homeschooling In Full View, and his collaborator Sureau here summarize legal, legislative, and public-image developments in the homeschooling movement. [...]
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