“Current Controversies: Homeschooling”
Written by Myra Immell (Greenhaven Press, 2008). Immell compiles a variety of views on different topics of discussion in the homeschooling movement.
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“Home Schooling in Full View: A Reader”
Written by Bruce S. Cooper, a professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University (IAP, 2005). Cooper discusses the history of homeschooling and analyzes the movement.
“Homeschooling comes of age”
Read a July 1, 2000, history of the modern homeschooling movement by Patricia Lines, a former senior research analyst for the U.S. Department of Education.
“Homeschooling 101: Why We Do It”
Listen to the 2001 All Things Considered series about the reasons parents choose to homeschool their children.
“Homeschoolers on to College: What Research Shows Us”
Read a fall 2004 column from the Journal of College Admission about the success of homeschooled children in higher education.
“More black families home schooling”
Read a Dec. 11, 2005, AP article posted by USA Today about the increasing numbers of black families choosing to homeschool.
“The Gilded Age of Home Schooling”
Read a June 5, 2006, New York Times article about homeschooling trends in the United States.
“Homeschooling for Black Families”
Read an article from the January/February 2007 issue of Mothering magazine posted at Cafemom.com about black families who choose to homeschool.
“Giving Proper Credit to Home-Schooled”
Read a June 11, 2007, Washington Post article about the successes of homeschooling.