Record: Gary Miron and Charisse Gulosino, Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center, (2016). [Available Here]
Introduction: This report is the fourth in an annual series published by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC). The first report in 2013 was followed by the 2014 report (reviewed here) and the 2015 report (reviewed here). I recommend reading the previous reviews first since this post will only cover the information that is new for 2016. (more…)
celebrating market-based education reform, especially home-based online learning. Today I review Patricia Burch, 
(Routledge, 2009), which is a critique of these same trends. 
is perhaps the most influential book ever written on the issue of privatization of public education. In this new book the two scholar-activists reunite to make the case again for radical transformation of public education with private enterprise leading the way. In this review I will only very briefly summarize their main argument. My chief interest is in the portions of their book that deal directly with virtual public education, because it happens for the most part at home. 
A second, fully revised edition of my 2008 book Homeschool: An American History, was published in March of 2017. 
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Homeschooling Research Notes 