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Homeschoolings's True Colors: Notes
Issue 131

1. Kurt J. Bauman, “Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics,” Working Paper Series 51 (Washington, DC: US Census Bureau Population Division, 2001): 2.

2. Patricia M. Lines, “Homeschoolers: Estimating Numbers and Growth,” National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, US Department of Education, Web Edition (Spring 1999; previously released as a paper in Spring 1998): www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SAI/homeschool/index.html

3. Personal interviews.

4. Lawrence M. Rudner, “Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998,” HSLDA (1999): www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/FullText.asp www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/Rudner2.asp  www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/Rudner2.asp

5. Stacey Bielick et al., “Homeschooling in the United States: 1999,” NCES Technical Report (Washington, DC: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001): 2001–2033; http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/vol_3/3_3/q3-2.asp

6. See Note 1: 6–13

7. See Note 5.

8. Robin R. Henke et al., “Issues Related to Estimating the Home Schooled Population in the United States,” NCES Technical Report (Washington, DC: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000): 2001–2311; http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000311

9. See Note 4.

10. See Note 6.

11. See Note 1: 10.

12. See Note 1: 8–13.

13. Lydia Saad, “Religion Is Very Important to Majority of Americans,” Gallup News Service, World Wide Religious News (5 December 2003): http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1034289/posts

14. Egon Mayer et al., “American Religious Identification Survey” (New York: Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2001): www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/aris_index.htm

15. “Religious Beliefs of Americans” (2004): www.religioustolerance.org/chr_poll3.htm

16. “Beliefs: General Religious” (2005): www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=2

17. Patricia M. Lines, “Homeschooling,” ERIC Digest (Oregon: Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon, September 2001): 2.

18. See Note 4.

19. Brian D. Ray, Home Schooling on the Threshold: A Survey of Research at the Dawn of the New Millennium (Salem, OR: National Home Education Research Institute, 1999).

20. Brian D. Ray, Strengths of their Own: Home Schoolers Across America (Salem, OR: NHERI, 1997).

21. Vaishali Honawar, “National ‘Bees’ Buzz with Home Schoolers,” The Washington Times (21 May 2002).

22. Dean Reynolds, “Home Schoolers Strong Competitors in Spelling Bee,” www.abcnews.com (29 May 2003): 1–2.

23. Rich Jefferson, “Home Schoolers Win First, Second, and Third at National Spelling Bee” (2001): 1–2; www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200006010.asp

24. Jennifer Vernon, “Washington State Eighth Grader Wins National Geographic Bee,” National Geographic News (21 May 2003): 1–4.

25. Jennifer Vernon, “Ten Students Advance to Geographic Bee Finals,” National Geographic News (20 May 2003): 1–6.

26. Stentor Danielson, “Geographic Bee Champ: Michigan Ten-Year-Old,” National Geographic News (22 May 2002): 1–5.

27. See Note 3.

28. Christine Foster, “In a Class by Themselves,” Stanford Magazine (November/December 2000): 1–11.

29. Grace Llewellyn, The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (Eugene, OR: Lowry House Publishers, 1998).

30. David Guterson, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992): 11–36.

31. David and Micki Colfax, Homeschooling for Excellence (New York: Warner Books, 1988).

32. See Note 4.

33. See Note 29.

34. John Holt, Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education (New York: Bantam/Doubleday/Dell, 1981): 125–146, 208–232.

35. See Note 28: 7.

36. See Note 3.

37. See Note 29.

38. See Note 34.

39. See Note 28: 7.

40. See Note 3.

41. See Note 4.

42. See Note 31.

43. See Note 28: 7.

44. See Note 19.

45. See Note 5.

46. See Note 3.

47. See Note 17: 3.

48. John Wesley Taylor V, Self Concept in Home-Schooling Children, doctoral dissertation (Michigan: Andrews University, 1986); summarized in Home School Researcher 2, no. 2 (1986): 2–8.

49. Larry E. Shyers, Comparison of Social Adjustment Between Home and Traditionally Schooled Students, doctoral dissertation (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1992): 306–311.

50. Thomas C. Smedley, “The Socialization of Homeschool Children,” master’s thesis (Radford, VA: Radford University, 1992); summarized in Home School Researcher 8, no. 3 (1992): 9–16.

51. See Note 19.

52. See Note 3.

53. See Note 29: 138–149.

54. See Note 3.

55. See Note 19.

56. See Note 5.

57. See Note 17.

58. See Note 17.

59. See Note 28: 2–11.

60. See Note 31.

61. Karl M. Bunday, Learn in Freedom! (2000): http://learninfreedom.org/colleges_4_hmsc.html

62. See Note 4

63. See Note 19.

64. See Note 20.

65. National Home Education Network, “Thoughts on Protecting Children in Homeschooling Families: The NHEN Response to Questions Posed by the North Carolina Task Force of Child Fatalities” (2002): www.nhen.org/LegInfo/default.asp?id=420

66. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, “Child Maltreatment 2001: Summary of Key Findings” (2001): http://nrcys.ou.edu/pdfs/publications/cmsummary.pdf and http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/factsheets/canstats.pdf

67. J. Michael Smith, “CBS Scare Stories Miss the Mark Badly” The Washington Times (3 November 2003). Posted as “The Dark Side of CBS” at www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/200311040.asp

68. See Note 66.

69. Ray, Brian D. National Home Education Research Institute, “Facts on Homeschooling” (8 January 2003): www.nheri.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=21, 1.

70. Patricia M. Lines, “Homeschooling Comes of Age,” The Public Interest, Discovery Institute (1 July 2000): 2, www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?program=Misc&command=view&id=277

71. John Holt, “Schools and Homeschoolers: A Fruitful Partnership,” Phi Delta Kappan (February 1983): 393.

72. See Note 34: 330–331.


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