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Kunzman on HOMESCHOOL: AN AMERICAN HISTORY

Milton Gaither wrote 3 weeks ago: The cerebral evangelical bimonthly Books and Culture just published a nice review of my book by Rob … more →

Tags: Books and Culture, Robert Kunzman

Theobald on Returning Rural Values to Education

Milton Gaither wrote 4 weeks ago: This post reviews Paul Theobald, Education Now: How Rethinking America’s Past Can Change Its F … more →

Tags: A Nation at Risk, Adam Smith, Agrarianism, bowling alone, Buffalo State College, communitarianism, François Quesnay, George S. Counts, Gerrard Winstanley

Chris Klicka, Rest in Peace1 comment

Milton Gaither wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday homeschooling activist lawyer Chris Klicka died after a 15 year battle with multiple scler … more →

Tags: Homeschool Jurisprudence, Chris Klicka, Dorothy Moore, Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, John Holt, Multiple Sclerosis, Raymond Moore

Olsen on the Constitutionality of Homeschooling

Milton Gaither wrote 1 month ago: This post reviews Chad Olsen, “Constitutionality of Home Education: How the Supreme Court and … more →

Tags: Homeschool Jurisprudence, Brigham Young University, California Court of Appeals, Chad Olsen, In re Rachel L., J. Reuben Clark Law School, meyer v nebraska, People v. Darrah and Black, Pierce v. Society of Sisters

On Jumping Through Hoops

americanhomeschoolassociation wrote 3 months ago: A classic editorial from Home Education Magazine, circa 1991: Most books and articles on home educat … more →

Tags: Homeschooling Freedoms, Home Education Magazine, Homeschooling, Home education, homeschool legislation, Homeschooling Laws, Helen Hegener, On Jumping Through Hoops, homeschooling is legal

Modern Girls, Pioneer Spirit, and Patriarchy1 comment

Milton Gaither wrote 4 months ago: This post reviews Susan A. Miller,Growing Girls: The Natural Origins of Girls’ Organizations i … more →

Tags: Family Life, Socialization, Camp Fire Girls, Charlotte Gulick, Doug Phillips, Girl Pioneers, Girl Scouts, Growing Girls, Jamestown

Joyce on Patriarchal Homeschooling, Part 37 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 4 months ago: This post is the final installment of my treatment of Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christia … more →

Tags: Family Life, Parental motivation, politics of homeschooling, Socialization, Albert Mohler, Amish, Christian Right, Doug Phillips, Gary North

Joyce on Patriarchal Homeschooling, Part 14 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 5 months ago: This post reviews Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement (Boston: Beaco … more →

Tags: Family Life, Motherhood, Parental motivation, Above Rubies, Allan Carlson, Bill Gothard, birthrates, Botkin Sisters, Carmon Friedrich

Joan Aiken as homeschooler2 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 6 months ago: This post briefly reviews Lizza Aiken, “Growing Up with Joan Aiken: A Daughter’s View … more →

Tags: Homeschooling in Literature and Film, children's literature, horn book, Joan Aiken, Memorization, Reading to Children, Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Glass on Homeschooling and Privatization3 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 6 months ago: This post reviews Gene V. Glass, Fertilizers, Pills, And Magnetic Strips: The Fate Of Public Educati … more →

Tags: Parental motivation, politics of homeschooling, African American homeschooling, and steel, Birth Rates, black homeschooling, Bob Jones Complete, Bob Jones University, Crimson Wife

Greenfield's Theory of Social Change and Homeschooling2 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 7 months ago: This post reviews Patricia M. Greenfield, “Linking Social Change and Developmental Change: Shi … more →

Tags: Socialization, Contract Societies, Creative Class, David Riesman, Ferdinand Tönnies, Folk Societies, Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, inner direction

Howard Ahmanson's Astonishing Political Switch4 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 8 months ago: This blog is usually not really bloggy, in the sense that I don’t normally comment on other bl … more →

Tags: Homeschool Jurisprudence, homeschool law, politics of homeschooling, Chris Klicka, Home School Legal Defense Association, Howard Ahmanson, HSLDA, John W. Whitehead, Rousas J. Rushdoony

Jones on Religious Schools and Homeschools

Milton Gaither wrote 10 months ago: This post reviews Steven L. Jones, Religious Schooling in America: Private Education and Public Life … more →

Tags: curriculum, A Beka Book, Benjamin Rush, Bob Jones Complete, Catholic schooling, Chris Klicka, gregg harris, Home School Legal Defense Association, Horace Mann

Millman on Homeschooling in New Jersey and College Admission1 comment

Milton Gaither wrote 12 months ago: This post reviews Gregory and Martine Millman, Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey(New York: Pen … more →

Tags: Homeschooling and Higher Education, Catholic Homeschooling, College admission of homeschoolers, Deborah Gordon, emergence, Friendship Learning Center, Gregory J. Millman, Jane Jacobs, John H. Holland

Meighan on John Holt

Milton Gaither wrote 1 year ago: This post reviews Roland Meighan, John Holt (London: Continuum, 2007). Roland Meighan, a British int … more →

Tags: International Homeschooling, Casey Patrick Cochran, growing without schooling, Homeschooling in Great Britain, John Holt, personalized learning, roland meighan, Susannah Sheffer

Gaither on Eating Humble Pie1 comment

Milton Gaither wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I received an email from Dr. Robert Kunzman, a professor at Indiana University who has wri … more →

Tags: Research & Methodology, Chris Klicka, gallup poll, Public Attitudes toward Homeschooling, Robert Kunzman

Thiem on Homeschooling as Spatial Politics

Milton Gaither wrote 1 year ago: This post reviews Claudia Hanson Thiem, “The Spatial Politics of Educational Privatization: Re … more →

Tags: politics of homeschooling, Mitchell Stevens, HSLDA, Claudia Hanson Thiem, Spatial Politics, Geography, Vernon L. Bates, Colleen McDannell, Jason C. Bivins

Andrade on Hi-Tech Homeschooling

Milton Gaither wrote 1 year ago: This post reviews Albert G. Andrade, “An Exploratory Study of the Role of Technology in the Ri … more →

Tags: Family Life, qualitative research, Albert G. Andarade, Technology in Homeschooling

Levy on Homeschooling and Racism4 comments

Milton Gaither wrote 1 year ago: This post reviews Tal Levy, “Homeschooling and Racism” in Journal of Black Studies (Nove … more →

Tags: politics of homeschooling, Research & Methodology, Parental motivation, homeschool law, quantitative data, Tal Levy, Minorities and homeschooling, race and homeschooling, African American homeschooling


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