This book provides a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education. Beginning in the colonial period and working to the present, Gaither describes in rich detail how the home has been used as the base for education of all kinds. The last five chapters focus especially on the modern homeschooling movement and offer the most comprehensive and authoritative account of it ever written. Readers will learn how and why homeschooling emerged when it did, w...

American Education: A History, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive, highly regarded history of American education from precolonial times to the present.Chronologically organized, the new edition provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader background of national and world events. In addition to its in-depth exploration of Native American traditions (including education) prior to colo...

The Wiley Handbook of Home Education is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad.Presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government regulationA truly global perspective on home education, this handbook includes the disparate work of scholars outside of the U.S.