Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement

by Joseph F. Murphy

A surprising portrait of homeschooling today Today, two million U.S. children are homeschooled, and their numbers have grown meteorically. Preeminent educational scholar Joseph Murphy draws on research spanning four decades to offer a revealing and balanced look at the growth of the homeschooling movement. Readers will

Genres: Nonfiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

Joseph Murphy is Professor of Education, Endowed Mayborn Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy & Organizations, and is Associate Dean, Special Projects, at Peabody College of Education of Vanderbilt University.
Professor Murphy's focus is on school development, particularly leadership and policy.

See, for his C.V., http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/docs/pd...

Reviews

[Josh Dollins]

a scholarly study on studies of homeschooling very interesting for those curious parents etc. though a bit dry

[Ilib4kids]

371.042097 MUR
Chap3 Riding History

p33 Holt and the Liberal Left (John Holt: unschooling, Romanticism and progressive education)
Moore and Christian Right (Raymond Moore, majority in homeschool)

p46 Rationales for and against Homeschooling regulation rest on four pillars: philosophical, academic, human development, sociopolitical.
Low regulation, Medium regulation, high regulation.

P100 Parent motivations for Homeschooling: religious-based; academic-grounded, school social/environmental, family-based reasons.

p114 homeschooling packaging system: Traditional; Unschooling; Eclectic; classical (trivium) or
homeschooling packaging system:Unschooling; Classical education; unit studies; the Charlotte Mason method; traditional school-at-home, correspondence school; school-related umbrella organizations; cooperative; computer-based.