Posted in History of Homeschooling, public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged California Virtual Academy, Carol Klein, CAVA, Diana Hiatt-Michael, Mary Poplin, Racism and homeschooling, William Jeynes on February 22, 2010| 2 Comments »
This post briefly reviews William Jeynes, ed., Family Factors And The Educational Success Of Children
I was excited to obtain this book given the promising title. But my excitement soon dissipated upon reading. Only two of the chapters deal with homeschooling, and neither of these is very compelling. (more…)
Posted in Homeschool Jurisprudence, tagged custody cases, Gertler v. Gertler, HSLDA, In re Savannah S. et al., Kathryn Joyce, Kentucky, Quiverfull, Tennessee, Tennessee Court of Appeals on February 15, 2010| 5 Comments »
This post links to and briefly summarizes two recent child custody cases where homeschooling plays an important role. The topic is important for several reasons. First, these are the kind of cases that homeschooling advocacy groups like HSLDA know better than to get involved in, so they don’t. Because of this lack of involvement they are not the kind of cases that are generally publicized in the homeschooling community, which is a shame because they get at some important and often painful realities. Second, these cases help explain why the debate over the competing rights of parents, state, and child is not going to go away. Third, they offer a window into the real world of homeschooling that one never reads about in the how-to books. Of course we must be quick to note that the stories recounted in these court cases are by no means typical or normal. It would be a terrible mistake to generalize about the entire world of homeschooling from these troubling and sordid examples. But it would be an equally terrible mistake to pretend that such things are not going on as we work out public policy. These are not isolated instances, as this post from Roscommon Acres and the related posts at the end of it make plain. Here are the cases: (more…)
Posted in public school and homeschool partnerships, tagged Adequate Yearly Progress, AYP, cybercharters, EdTech, Enhancing Education Through Technology, HSLDA, John Chubb, Madison, NCLB, neoliberalism, No Child Left Behind, Patricia Burch, Terry Moe, University of Wisconsin, virtual charter schools, Virtual School on February 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
Two weeks ago I reviewed Terry Moe and John Chubb’s new book
A second, fully revised edition of my 2008 book Homeschool: An American History, was published in March of 2017. Get it here!
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Homeschooling Research Notes 