For those interested:
Milton Gaither of Homeschooling Research Notes will be writing a series of posts in response to Theory and Research in Education’s recent special issue, devoted entirely to the topic of homeschooling.
Unfortunately, since I’m not a subscriber, I wasn’t able to read the articles (actually, the only one that piqued my curiosity was the last on the list: Can intimacy justify home education?); however, if you are a subscriber - or don’t mind paying $25 per article :O – I’ve linked the table of contents in my first paragraph.
Randall Curren
Editorial
Cynthia M. Villalba
Home-based education in Sweden: Local variations in forms of regulation
Thomas Spiegler
Why state sanctions fail to deter home education: An analysis of home education in Germany and its implications for home education policies
Robert Kunzman
Understanding homeschooling: A better approach to regulation
Milton Gaither
Homeschooling in the USA: Past, present and future
Carrie Winstanley
Too cool for school?: Gifted children and homeschooling
Michael S. Merry and Charles Howell
Can intimacy justify home education?
Damn, that last one almost sounds worth the $25! :)
Nance
The real question is, can home education justify intimacy? ;-)
Nance: “Damn, that last one almost sounds worth the $25! :)”
Hm, we just need 23 more people at a dollar each…
JJ: “can home education justify intimacy? ;-)”
On second thought, what if the article is too sophisticated for my teensy brain?
So here’s the next thing being said about home education: that it is about the parent, not the child, and it’s about dividing and competing rather than uniting and collaborating, us against them as in a zero sum game, a war game . . .
Thanks, JJ. The “parental rights” meme, as espoused by many conservative Christian hs’ers, is an interesting one. I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts on the topic. :)