Media Resources
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Various Resources for viewing to help the media and any who are interested in learning and understanding more about what is happening due to the Turpin Situation.
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Press Releases
Sent April 9, 2018 – California Homeschoolers Fight Legislation While Teaching Civics To Their Children
Sent April 17, 2018 – Homeschool Parents Tell State Legislators Why They Homeschool – And It’s Not Looking Pretty for Traditional California Public Schools
Sent April 21, 2018 – Is Sacramento finally listening to homeschoolers?
Sent April 23, 2018 – California Homeschool Families, Targeted for their Choice of Education
Sent April 24, 2018 – 35,000 Say NO to Homeschooling Legislation!
In the News: Don’t Blame Homeschooling!
Blaming home school for Perris child torture is like blaming trenchcoats for Columbine
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article198994909.html
Evil, Not Homeschooling, Caused The California ‘House Of Horrors’ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/23/evil-not-homeschooling-caused-california-house-horrors/
Perris ‘House of horror’ allegations a bad pretext to regulate homeschools https://www.ocregister.com/2018/02/03/perris-house-of-horror-allegations-a-bad-pretext-to-regulate-homeschools/
A misguided impulse to further regulate homeschooling http://newsok.com/article/5582014?utm_source=NewsOK.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ShareBar-Pinterest
No, Homeschooling is NOT a “Sickening Danger” https://therepublicanstandard.com/no-homeschooling-not-sickening-danger/
Homeschooling is NOT a “Sickening Danger” (Part 2) https://therepublicanstandard.com/homeschooling-not-sickening-danger-part-2/
Former classmate: Daughter in Perris torture case was bullied, frail https://www.pe.com/2018/01/24/classmate-girl-tortured-with-siblings-was-bullied-frail/
That’s NOT Homeschooling–It’s Abuse http://www.homeschoolingsc.org/thats-not-homeschooling-abuse/
California: Don’t punish all home-schoolers for one abuse case http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article196473769.html
Family in Southern California torture case may have fled Texas after daughter sought help http://www.dailydemocrat.com/article/NI/20180126/NEWS/180129893
Oldest Turpin son in California abuse case excelled in college, officials say https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turpin-son-california-abuse-case-excelled-at-school-officials-say/
Why child abuse like the Turpin family horrors is so hard to prevent or halt http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-riley-turpin-child-welfare-law-20180206-story.html
California overreacts and presumes every homeschooling parent is a child abuser http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-overreacts-and-presumes-every-homeschooling-parent-is-a-child-abuser/article/2647734
They noticed Turpins’ strange behavior, but no one suspected kids were tortured http://wtvr.com/2018/01/27/they-noticed-turpins-strange-behavior-but-no-one-suspected-kids-were-tortured/
Homeschooling and Abuse http://homeschoolfreedom.com/2018/01/17/homeschooling-and-abuse/
Is California horror house society’s fault? http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/california-horror-house-drexler/index.html
Why Using the Turpin Family’s House of Horrors to Attack Homeschooling is Dishonest (and Unwise) http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/why-using-turpin-familys-house-horrors-attack-homeschooling-dishonest-and-unwise
Home Schooling is Not a Crime http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455713/turpin-family-homeschooling-unrelated-abuse
Child Abuse of Public School, Private School, and Homeschool Students: Evidence, Philosophy, and Reason https://www.nheri.org/child-abuse-of-public-school-private-school-and-homeschool-students-evidence-philosophy-and-reason/
Don’t Blame Homeschooling For Child Abuse Cases Like The Turpins’ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/22/dont-blame-homeschooling-child-abuse-cases-like-turpins/
Abuse Within Traditional Schools
Teachers who sexually abuse students still find classroom jobs: Despite decades of scandals, America’s schools still hide actions of dangerous educators https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/22/teachers-who-sexually-abuse-students-still-find-classroom-jobs/95346790/
It’s Time to Talk about Sexual Abuse in Our Schools https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/its-time-to-talk-about-sexual-abuse-in-our-schools_us_58fe748fe4b0f420ad99caff
Abuse of Power:Most bullying prevention is aimed at students. What happens when adults are the aggressors? https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2014/abuse-of-power
Persistently Dangerous Schools https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/uscoattch2.asp
School to Prison Pipeline: Today’s Students Experience. . . http://www.fixschooldiscipline.org/2017/12/11/whats-the-point-of-going-to-school-if-all-they-do-is-search-me/
Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct and Exploitation https://www.sesamenet.org/
“The “dance of the lemons” is a term used to refer to the practice of reassigning bad teachers to new schools or districts, rather than firing them. By “bad” teachers, this means people who have been convicted of crimes or who have done other ethically questionable things.” http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-dance-of-the-lemons.htm
‘Passing the trash’: Teachers accused of sexual abuse aren’t always unemployable https://www.sesamenet.org/single-post/2017/11/01/Passing-the-trash-Teachers-accused-of-sexual-abuse-arent-always-unemployable
A Primer on “Passing the Trash” http://theworthyadversary.com/4449-public-schools-and-passing-the-trash
‘Passing the Trash’ by School Districts Frees Sexual Predators To Hunt Again https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1998/12/09/15mobile.h18.html
Research
International Center for Homeschool Research http://icher.org/index.html
The International Center for Home Education Research (ICHER) exists to provide expert information and analysis regarding homeschooling research and to facilitate networking among researchers studying home-based learning.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association https://hslda.org/research/default.asp
A national homeschooling advocacy organization providing homeschooling statistics, studies, and information.
National Home Education Research Institution https://www.nheri.org/
NHERI specializes in homeschool research, facts, statistics, scholarly articles, and information.
Articles
Homeschooling Back To The Future?
Isabel Lyman, Cato Institute Policy Analysis
https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa-294.pdf
The Why of Homeschool
Isabel Lyman, Ludwig Von Mises Institute |
https://mises.org/library/why-homeschool
The National Center for Education Statistics Publications:
Homeschooling Fast Facts https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91
Number and percentage of homeschooled students ages 5 through 17 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/tables/dt10_040.asp
Percent distribution of students in public, private and homeschools https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/tables/dt10_041.asp
1.5 Million Students homeschooled in the US in 2007 https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf
1.1 Million Homeschool Students in the United States in 2003 https://nces.ed.gov/nhes/homeschool/
Issues Related to Estimating the Home-Schooled Population https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000311.pdf
Publications stored at the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)https://eric.ed.gov/:
What Are We Educating Towards? Socialization, Acculturization, and Individualization as Reflected in Home Education https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1142917&id=EJ1142917
Homeschool Parents and Satisfaction with Special Education Services https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1110241&id=EJ1110241
The Influence of Homeschooling on Entrepreneurial Activities: A Collective Case Study https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1149810&id=EJ1149810
The Human Right of Home Education https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1110150&id=EJ1110150
Child-Led and Interest=Inspired Learning https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1138306&id=EJ1138306
Structured and Unstructured Homeschooling: A Proposal for Broadening the Taxonomy https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1150133+&id=EJ1150133
Educational Activities and the Role of the Parent in Homeschool Families with High School Students https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1101813&id=EJ1101813
Types of Homeschool Environments and Need Support for Children’s Achievement Motivation https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1110239&id=EJ1110239
African American Homeschool Parent’s Motivation and Their Black Children’s Academic Achievement https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1054570&id=EJ1054570
Home Is Where The School Is: The Impact of Homeschool Legislation on School Choice https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ1030232&id=EJ1030232
Informal Home Education: Philosophical Aspirations Put into Practice https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ996765&id=EJ996765
Homeschooling the Gifted: A Parent’s Perspective https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ996236&id=EJ996236
Homeschooling Worries: Trusting That The Dots Will Connect https://eric.ed.gov/?q=+EJ984382&id=EJ984382
Inspection of Home Education in European Countries https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ928540&id=EJ928540
Exploring Academic Outcomes of Homeschool Students https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ893891&id=EJ893891
Are All Homeschooling Methods Created Equal https://eric.ed.gov/?q=ED510702&id=ED510702
You Can Homeschool Your Child With Special Needs https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ841774&id=EJ841774
Previously Homeschooled College Freshman: Their First Year Experiences and Persistence Rates https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ851091&id=EJ851091
Home Education Reason and Research: Common Questions and Research-Based Answers about Homeschooling https://eric.ed.gov/?q=ED508160&id=ED508160
Homeschooling: A Growing Option in American Education https://eric.ed.gov/?q=ED501498&id=ED501498
Why Do Parents Homeschool? https://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ749498&id=EJ749498
Homeschool Abstracts:
A Systematic Review of the Empirical Research
Brian D. Ray, Journal of School Choice, 2017
Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited
Vanderbilt University, Peabody Research, 2016
https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/pje/pje_volume_88_issue_3_2013/medlin.php
Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement
Joseph Murphy, Vanderbuilt University, Peabody Research, 2012
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/homeschooling-in-america/book237205#tabview=toc
Education, Schooling and Children’s Rights: The Complexity of Homeschooling
Robert Kunzman, Indiana University, 2012
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2011.00436.x/full
Exploring Academic Outcomes of Homeschool Students http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/52253079/exploring-academic-outcomes-homeschooled-students Slide Presentation — http://www.airum.org/docs/presentations/2009-Cogan.pdf
Michael Cogan, University of St. Thomas, 2010
Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study
Brian Ray, Academic Leadership Journal, 2010
https://www.nheri.org/AcademicAchievementAndDemographicTraitsOfHomeschoolStudentsRay2010.pdf
Evidence for Homeschool: Constitutional Analysis In Light of Social Research
Tanya K. Dumas, Sean Gates, Deborah Swarzer in Widener Law Review, 2008
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1317439##
Homeschooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream 2nd Edition, 2007
Patrick Basham, Cato Institute, Published by The Fraser Institute, Canada
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Homeschooling2007.pdf
Child Abuse of Public School, Private School, and Homeschool Students: Evidence, Philosophy, and Reason
Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., January 2018