This post briefly reviews Rose M. Marsh, Alison A. Carr-Chellman, and Beth R. Stockman, “Selecting Silicon: Why Parents Choose Cybercharter Schools” in TechTrends 53, no. 4 (July 2009): 32-36 [available here]
Carr-Chellman and two of her doctoral students here report the results of interviews they conducted with seven cybercharter parents to find out why conservative homeschoolers [...]
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Why Parents Choose Cybercharter Schools
Posted in Parental motivation, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Alison A. Carr-Chellman, Beth R. Stockman, cybercharters, HSLDA, K12, PAVCS, Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School, Rose M. Marsh, TechTrends, William Bennett on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cavanaugh reviews the literature on Cyber Charter Effectiveness
Posted in Quantitative data, public school and homeschool partnerships, research methodology, tagged Cathy Cavanaugh, cybercharters, Tech Trends on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post briefly reviews Cathy Cavanaugh, “Effectiveness of Cyber Charters: A Review of Research on Learnings” in Tech Trends 53, no. 4 (July/August 2009): 28-31 [available fulltext here]
In another article taken from the special issue of Tech Trends devoted to cyber schools, Cavanaugh, Associate Professor of educational technology at the University of Florida at Gainesville, [...]
Cambre on Religion in Cyber Charters
Posted in Homeschool Jurisprudence, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Belinda M. Cambre, Charter Schools, Cleveland Voucher Program, cybercharters, Lemon Test, Supreme Court, Vouchers, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post briefly reviews Belinda M. Cambre, “Tearing Down the Walls: Cyber Charter Schools and the Public Endorsement of Religion” in Tech Trends 53, no. 4 (July/August 2009): 61-64 [Available fulltext here]
Cambre, an education professor at the University of New Orleans, here summarizes the legal background of the public education and religion issue and then [...]
Tough on Replicating Middle Class Homes for the Poor
Posted in Family life, Sociology, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Annette Lareau, Baby College, Charles Murray, Christopher Jencks, Coleman Report, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Equality of Educational Opportunity, Geoffrey Canada, Harlem, Harlem Children's Zone, Harlem Gems, James S. Coleman, Losing Ground, Martha Farah, Matthew Effect, Moynihan Report, Paul Tough, Promise Academy, Richard Rothstein, The Bell Curve, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, Whatever it Takes, William Julius Wilson on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post reviews Paul Tough, Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008).
Tough, an editor at the New York Times Magazine and widely published journalist, here pens a fascinating book chronicling the reform efforts of Geoffrey Canada, an African American visionary who has been working for many years [...]
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).
Klein and Poplin on Virtual Charter Schools
Posted in Parental motivation, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged cybercharters, virtual charter schools, Carol Klein, Mary Poplin, Mary S. Poplin, California Virtual Academies, CAVA on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This post reviews Carol Klein and Mary Poplin, “Families Home Schooling in a Virtual Charter School System” in Marriage and Family Review 43, nos. 3&4 (2008): 369-395.
Klein, a Teacher on Special Assignment in Anaheim, CA, and Poplin, Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University, here offer the results of a survey Klein conducted of parents whose [...]
Clark on Virtual Schools
Posted in public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Colorado Online Learning, cybercharters, digital divide, E-Rate Program, Eduventures, Florida Virtual School (FLVS), National Educational Technology Plan, National School Boards Association, No Child Left Behind, Thomas Clark, virtual charter schools, Virtual High School (VHS) on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This post reviews Thomas Clark, “Virtual Schooling and Basic Education” in Bramble and Panda, eds., Economics of Distance and Online Learning: Theory, Practice and Research(New York: Routledge, 2008), pp. 52-71.
Clark, president of TA Consulting, which helps cybercharters develop successful long-term strategies, and author of several articles on virtual schools, here presents a broad overview of virtual schools, [...]
My article “Homeschooling Goes Mainstream” now Online
Posted in Politics of homeschooling, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Education Next, Milton Gaither on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My article “Homeschooling Goes Mainstream” from this month’s Education Next can be accessed here. If you want the complete version with footnotes, click here. In it I describe the growing diversity of homeschoolers and the increasingly heterogeneous forms homeschooling is taking, including collaborative efforts between families and public school districts.
Zigler, Pfannenstiel, and Seitz on Parent Educators
Posted in Family life, Quantitative data, public school and homeschool partnerships, research methodology, tagged Education Begins at Home Act, Edward Zigler, Head Start, Home-Based Program, HSLDA, Judy C. Pfannenstiel, Parents as Teachers (PAT), Victoria Seitz on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This post reviews Edward Zigler, Judy C. Pfannenstiel, and Victoria Seitz, “The Parents as Teachers Program and School Success: A Replication and Extension” in Journal of Primary Prevention 29, no. 2 (March 2008): 103-120 [Available fulltext here].
Many government programs exist to try to help parents, especially low-income parents, better prepare their children for school. Programs [...]
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