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Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Urban Education, 1989
The hostilities that many home school parents hold are deeper than the present circumstances and relations with schools suggest. Nevertheless, involvement of home school parents in public school and educational decision making can occur at all levels of administration. Adaptations for the state, district, and school level are suggested. (BJV)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Home Schooling
Peer reviewedMayberry, Maralee; Knowles, J. Gary – Urban Review, 1989
Examines parents who teach their children at home. While families have complex motives for home schooling, a common factor is parents' desire to maintain or further develop family unity, and to resist the effects of urbanization and modernization on the family. Suggests benefits of home/public school partnerships. (AF)
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Education and Urban Society, 1988
Results of a longitudinal ethnographic study of Utah home schools reveals that past school experiences figure largely in present home school rationales and practices. Public school administrators need to acknowledge the effects of the past experiences of home schoolers, dispel their fears, and treat them as partners in the education process. (BJV)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
