The Homeschool Choice : : Parents and the Privatization of Education / / Kate Henley Averett.
The surprising reasons parents are opting out of the public school system and homeschooling their kidsHomeschooling has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States: in 2019, a record-breaking 2.5 million children were being homeschooled. In The Homeschool Choice, Kate Henley Averett provides insi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Perspectives on Youth
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 6 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Homeschooling in the United States: A Brief Overview
- 2. What Is Childhood? Contrasting Views of Childhood Gender and Sexuality
- 3. Educating the Unique Child
- 4. Views of Education: What Do Children Need out of an Education, and Who Should Provide It?
- 5. Giving Up on Government
- 6. Motherhood and the Gendered Labor of Homeschooling
- Conclusion: Is Homeschooling a Problem?
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Methodology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author