Posted in Curriculum, Parental motivation, tagged Eric Wearne, Georgia Gwinnett College, Journal of School Choice, Rebecca Allahyari on October 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Record: Eric Wearne, “A Descriptive Survey of Why Parents Choose Hybrid Homeschools.” Journal of School Choice, 10, No. 3 (2016): 364-380. [Abstract / Modified Version Available Here]
Summary: Eric Wearne is Assistant Professor of Education at Georgia Gwinnett College. In this article he investigates the phenomenon of hybrid (part-time) homeschooling. (more…)
Posted in Homeschool Law, International Homeschooling, tagged Catherina Groeneveld, European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Court of Human Rights, Franz Reimer, German Constitutional Court, Germany, HSLDA, ICESCR, International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, Journal of School Choice, Maxim Doroshenko, Michael Donnelly, proportionality, Thomas Spiegler, Universal Declaration of Human Rights on October 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Record: Michael P. Donnelly, “The Human Right to Home Education.” Journal of School Choice, 10, No. 3 (2014): 283-296. [Abstract / Modified Version Available Here]
Summary: Michael P. Donnelly is Director of Global Outreach and Staff Attorney with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). In this article he argues that the German Constitutional Court (FCC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have ignored the human right to home education by upholding the German ban of the practice. (more…)
Posted in Academic Achievement, Minority Homeschooling, Parental motivation, tagged academic achievement, Afrocentrism, Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, cross-sectional, Journal of School Choice, Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity and tagged African Americans on March 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Record: Brian Ray, “African American Homeschool Parents’ Motivations for Homeschooling and Their Black Children’s Academic Achievement” in Journal of School Choice, 9, no. 1 (2015): 71-96. [Abstract]
Summary: Brian D. Ray is the founder and current president of the National Home Education Research Institute. In this study he explores the academic achievement of Black homeschool students in grades 4 through 8 as well as their parents’ motivations for homeschooling. The rate of Black homeschoolers nearly doubled from 1999 to 2012, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In that time, many Black parents became actively involved in the choice of their children’s school. Ray ponders why so many African Americans are choosing homeschooling when they fought so hard to be mainstreamed into the public-school system.
Posted in Academic Achievement, Homeschooling and Higher Education, tagged Belfield, Calculus, Carol H. Wade, Christian P. Wilkens, College at Brockport, Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard College, Journal of School Choice, mathematics, Philip M. Sadler, Qaqish on March 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Record: Christian P. Wilkens, Carol H. Wade, Gerhard Sonnert and Philip M. Sadler, “Are Homeschoolers Prepared for College Calculus?” in Journal of School Choice, 9, no. 1 (2015): 30-48. [Abstract]
Summary: Christian P. Wilkens and Carol H. Wade teach in the Department of Education and Human Development, College at Brockport. Gerhard Sonnert and Philip M. Sadler teach in the Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University. As the title implies, the authors investigate the preparation and success of homeschooled students in college calculus.
Posted in Homeschool Law, Parental motivation, Politics of homeschooling, Public Schools, tagged Georgia State University, homeschool rights, Journal of School Choice, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, Rachana Bhatt on December 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Record: Rachana Bhatt, “Home is Where the School Is: The Impact of Homeschool Legislation on School Choice” in Journal of School Choice 8, no. 2 (2014): 192-212. [Abstract Here]
Summary: Bhatt, an economics professor at Georgia State University, here presents a sophisticated statistical model to try to determine the degree to which a State’s passage of an explicit law granting homeschooling rights to parents increases the tendency for parents to choose homeschooling.
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Posted in Politics of homeschooling, Quantitative data, research methodology, tagged Albert Cheng, Ave Maria, Biola University, Cardus Education Survey, Intolerance, Journal of School Choice, Marc Snyder, University of Arkansas on February 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Record: Albert Cheng, “Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance? Evidence from a Christian University” in Journal of School Choice 8, no. 1 (2014): 49-68. [Abstract Here]
Summary and Critique: Cheng, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, here reports the results of a quantitative study comparing college students who were homeschooled with those who attended public and private schools on a measure of political tolerance. (more…)
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) and wasn’t very impressed. Back then the best book on homeschool law was far and away Rutherford Institute founder John W. Whitehead’s Home Education: Rights and Reasons.
This new edition is only 74 pages and costs $35. I didn’t want to spend that, so I’m relying here on a good review of the book by Theresa Willingham, published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of School Choice. [unfortunately unavailable online] (more…)
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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