The Homeschool Choice (eBook)

Parents and the Privatization of Education

Kate Henley Averett (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Nyu Press (Verlag)
978-1-4798-2068-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Honorable Mention, Sex & Gender Section Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationThe 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 insight into this fascinating phenomenon, exploring the perspectives of parents who have chosen to homeschool their children. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Averett examines the reasons why these parents choose to homeschool, from those who disagree with sex education and LGBT content in schools, to others who want to protect their children s sexual and gender identities. With eye-opening detail, she shows us how homeschooling is a trend being chosen by an increasingly diverse subset of American families, at times in order to empower or constrain children s gender and sexuality. Ultimately, Averett explores how homeschooling, as a growing practice, has changed the roles that families, schools, and the state play in children s lives. As teachers, parents, and policymakers debate the future of public education, The Homeschool Choice sheds light on the ongoing struggle over school choice.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Perspectives on Youth
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Perspectives on Youth
• Zusatzinfo: 6 b/w illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: aptitudes • Attachment Parenting • Born This Way • Childhood • Child welfare • Class • Critiques of public schools • Deskilling of teaching profession • Education • education reform • Gender • Gendered division of labor • Gender Inequality • Giftedness • Government inefficiency • Heteronormativity • Homeschooling regulation • Homeschooling regulations • Homeschool instruction • Ideologies of childhood • Individuality • Inequality • Intensive motherhood • Intensive Mothering • LGBTQ Youth • Motherhood • Neoliberalism • Neoliberal motherhood • parenting • Progressive education reform • Race • Religious Right • Research methods • school choice • school funding • Sex Education • Sexuality • Special Needs • Standardized testing • temperaments • Texas • the State • trust in government
• ISBN-10: 1-4798-2068-7 / 1479820687
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-2068-9 / 9781479820689