Write these laws on your children : inside the world of conservative Christian homeschooling / Robert Kunzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kunzman, Robert, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home schooling--United States.

Home schooling.

Christian education--United States.

Christian education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Homeschooling is a large and growing phenomenon in American society--between 1999 and 2003 it grew at ten times the rate of public school enrollments. Current estimates suggest that about two million kids are homeschooled, but information about them is incomplete. Here, educator Robert Kunzman uses his unprecedented access to six conservative Christian homeschooling families to explore this elusive world, from the day-to-day lives of its adherents to its broader aspirations to transform American culture and politics. He shows us what their homeschooling experience looks like firsthand, what their political and religious beliefs are, and what their kids learn about democratic citizenship and engaging with people with different beliefs. Woven throughout Kunzman's narrative are larger questions about the purpose of public education, what makes an educated citizenry--and how American political and intellectual life could change as conservative Christian homeschooled children reach adulthood.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Chapter 1: Shaping a Godly World

Chapter 2: The Palmer Family

California Homeschool Convention

Chapter 3: The Rivera Family

Bridgeway Academy

Chapter 4: The Branson Family

Academic Achievement and Socialization

Chapter 5: Generation Joshua and HSLDA

Civic Engagement Done Differently

Chapter 6: The Carroll Family

Race, Homeschooling, and the Common School Vision

Chapter 7: The Wallis Family

Indiana Homeschool Convention

Chapter 8: The Shaw Family

Chapter 9: Becoming a Public

Acknowledgments

Bibliographic Note

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and index.

ISBN:

0-8070-9754-3

OCLC:

646822990