Posted in Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged B.Y.U. Education and Law Journal, D.C., Maryland, Missouri, New York, Tyler Barnett, University of Missouri, Washington, Wisconsin v. Yoder on August 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Record: Tyler Barnett, “Pulling Back the Curtains: Undetected Child Abuse and the Need for Increased Regulation of Homeschools in Missouri” in B.Y.U. Education & Law Journal (2013): 341-356. [excerpt here]
Summary: Barnett, a J.D. candidate from the University of Missouri School of Law, here argues that a string of recent troubling cases suggest a need for more rigorous homeschooling regulations in Missouri.
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Posted in International Homeschooling, Parental motivation, tagged Peter Kraftl, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, University of Leicester on August 15, 2014| 1 Comment »
Record: Peter Kraftl, “Towards Geographies of ‘Alternative’ Education: A Case Study of UK Homeschooling Families” in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 38, no. 3 (July 2013): 436-450. [Abstract here]
Summary: Kraftl, a geography professor at the University of Leicester, here uses homeschooling as a lens through which to examine several theoretical approaches to the study of human geography. (more…)
Posted in Academic Achievement, Homeschooling and Higher Education, research methodology, tagged Ave Maria, Catholic, Catholic Education, Domino's Pizza, Marc Snyder, Notre Dame, Tom Monaghan on August 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Record: Marc Snyder, “An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University” in Catholic Education (March 2013): 288-308. [Available Here]
Summary: Snyder, who has spent many years teaching in the Catholic school system, here summarizes in a single article the results of his doctoral dissertation, which I have previously summarized here.
Snyder begins with a brief lit review and historical introduction to homeschooling, both of which are solid. He then lays out his five research questions, all of which seek to compare home educated college students with those who attended private schools and public schools: (more…)
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