Homeschooling in America : Capturing and Assessing the Movement.

Homeschooling in America : Capturing and Assessing the Movement.

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 mo...

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Main Author: Murphy, Joseph F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2012.
Subjects:
Home schooling > United States > History.
Home schooling > Social aspects > United States.
Home schooling
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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 find: A complete history of the homeschooling movement Demographic insights on today's homeschooling families Discussion of motivations for homeschooling, and how those vary among different groups Comprehensive information on how homeschooled students fare acade.
Physical Description:1 online resource (201 pages)
ISBN:9781452205236
145220523X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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