Special Homeschool Issue of THEORY AND RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

It’s always a welcome development when a notable journal decides to devote an entire issue to homeschooling.  This has been done only a very few times.  Back in 2000 the prestigious Peabody Journal of Education devoted Volume 75, Issue 1/2 to homeschooling,

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More Homeschool Coverage in Popular Outlets

Continuing the theme of last week’s post, here follows a round-up of more recent treatments of homeschooling in the mainstream press.
First, here is a human-interest piece from the New Yorker about homeschooled child actors.   

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Current Events Round-Up

I don’t have a piece of research to review for this week so instead I’ll briefly comment on a few homeschooling-related stories that have recently made the news or appeared in trade magazines.
First, there’s a great story in this week’s Sports Illustrated (28 September 2009) about Bonnie Richardson, who single-handedly won the class 1A Texas [...]

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Call for Papers for special issue on Homeschooling

I’ve been asked to pass on the following announcement.  The way the questions it poses are worded makes me a bit wary, for the editors seem to assume an a priori antagonism between parental and public interests that to me feels dated.  But the call is also open ended enough to allow for multiple perspectives on its topics:
 

CALL FOR PAPERS
Theory [...]

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Future Status of this Blog

Just a note for readers of this blog:  Next week our family is going away on vacation and after that it will be time to get ready for the upcoming fall semester at my college, so I will not have the kind of time I’ve had over the summer to compose these blog entries.  I’ll [...]

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Online chat about my book

Dana Hanley of principleddiscovery.com has an online radio show which can be accessed here.  Today at 2:30 I’ll be talking with her about my book Homeschool: An American History.  The show is archived, so you can catch it any time.

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Price cut on my book at Amazon.com

When it was released a few days ago it cost $29.95.  But this morning I checked and my book Homeschool: An American History is now $21.56 at Amazon.  Just wanted to pass that on.

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My book is out!

After six plus years of work, my book Homeschool: An American Historyis officially released today. 

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Countdown: HOMESCHOOL: AN AMERICAN HISTORY debuts tomorrow!

My bookon the history of homeschooling in the United States will be officially released tomorrow.  Here, for those interested, is a list of the chapter titles:  

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Countdown: 5 days until release of HOMESCHOOL: AN AMERICAN HISTORY

Six years in the making, my book Homeschool: An American Historywill become available June 24.  Here’s the publisher’s blurb:
“This is a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education. Beginning in the colonial period and working to the present, Gaither describes in rich detail how the home has been [...]

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