Contains eleven essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to homeschooling, discussing the ways in which homeschooling affects children, whether homeschooling should be regulated, which children should be homeschooled, and what methods homeschoolers should use.
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1. Homeschooling is a growing trend and evolving practice / Danielle Geary -- 2. Homeschooling is increasing among the wealthy / Alexandra Jacobs -- 3. Homeschooling : the sleeping giant of American education / Dan Lips and Evan Feinberg -- 4. Making education history : beyond the status quo / The Old Schoolhouse Magazine -- 5. Parents have the right to homeschool their children / Michael Farris -- 6. Homeschooling violates progressive liberal values / Dana Goldstein -- 7. Homeschooling does not violate progressive liberal values / Conor Friedersdorf -- 8. Some Evangelical Christian homeschooling limits the worldly options of girls / Kathryn Joyce -- 9. Christian homeschooling should not limit the options of girls / Jeannette Webb -- 10. Homeschooling can be a feminist act / Becky Ellis -- 11. The health of a family : homeschooling from the heart / Julie Foster.