Mary McConnell

Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement by joseph murphy Corwin, 200 pages, $34.95 The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling by quinn cummings perigee, 240 pages, $23.95 I’m tempted to compare homeschooling to a YouTube video gone viral. Defying . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m tempted to compare homeschooling to a YouTube video gone viral. Defying regulation, thwarting would-be competitors, and multiplying without official sanction, homeschooling just keeps popping up in more homes. Over the past three decades, the number of homeschooled children has grown by at least 7 percent a year… . Continue Reading »

The Death and Life of the Great American School System BY DIANE RAVITCH BASIC BOOKS, 283 PAGES, $26.95 Catholic schools reap one benefit from poverty,” the high-school principal hiring me commented ruefully (I’d just glimpsed my pay package). “By the time we’ve scrounged up . . . . Continue Reading »