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Adams, Blair. Who Owns the Children? Public Compulsion, Private Responsibility and the Dilemma of Ultimate Authority. Waco, TX: Truth Forum, 1991.

Albert, David H. Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery : A Journey of Original Seeking. Monroe, Me.: Common Courage Press, 2003.

Anderson, Margaret. Tales from the Table : Lovaas/Aba Intervention with Children on the Autistic Spectrum. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Apple, Michael W. Educating The "Right" Way : Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Arons, Stephen. Compelling Belief : The Culture of American Schooling. 1st paperback ed. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1986.

Banks, Kathy. Real Home School. Visalia, CA: 5 Point Publishing, 1999.

Barfield, Rhonda. Real-Life Homeschooling : The Stories of 21 Families Who Make It Work. New York: Fireside, 2002.

Barson, Leslie Safran. Learner-Managed Learning and Home Education: A European Perspective. Nottingham, UK: Educational Heretics Press, 2006.

Belfield, Clive R., and Henry M. Levin. Privatizing Educational Choice: Consequences for Parents, Schools, and Public Policy. Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2005.

Boyer, Rick. The Socialization Trap. Rustburg, VA: The Learning Parent, 1993.

Brostrom, David C. A Guide to Homeschooling for Librarians, Highsmith Press Handbook Series;. Fort Atkinson, Wis.: Highsmith Press, 1995.

Carlson, Allan. The New Agrarian Mind : The Movement toward Decentralist Thought in Twentieth-Century America. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2000.

Carper, James C., and Thomas C. Hunt. The Dissenting Tradition in American Education. New York: P. Lang, 2007.

Cooper, Bruce S. Home Schooling in Full View : A Reader. Greenwich, CT: Information Age, 2005.

Cox, William F., Jr. Tyranny through Public Education: The Case against Government Control of Education: Xulon, 2004.

Cutler, William W. Parents and Schools : The 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Deckard, Steve. Home Schooling Laws in All Fifty States. 6th ed. Briarcliff Manor, NY: Steve Deckard, 1992.

Farris, Michael  The Future of Home Schooling. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1997.

Farris, Michael P. Home Schooling and the Law. Paeonian Springs, Va.: Home School Legal Defense Association, 1990.

Fortune-Wood, Mike. The Face of Home-Based Education 1: Who, Why & How. Nottingham, UK: Educational Heretics Press, 2005.

Fortune-Wood, Mike. The Face of Home-Based Education 2: Numbers, Support, Special Needs. Nottingham, UK: Educational Heretics Press, 2006.

Furness, Adrienne. Helping Homeschoolers in the Library. Chicago: American Library Association, 2008.

Gaither, Milton. Homeschool : An American History. 1st ed. New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Gathercole, Rachel. The Well-Adjusted Child : The Social Benefits of Homeschooling: Mapletree Pub. Co., 2007.

Gatto, John Taylor. A Different Kind of Teacher : Solving the Crisis of American Schooling. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Hills Books, 2001.

Gatto, John Taylor. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling. Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 2002.

Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education : A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation into the Prison of Modern Schooling. Rev. ed. New York: Oxford Village Press, 2003.

Gatto, John Taylor. Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2009.

Glenn, Charles  , and Jan de Groof. Finding the Right Balance: Freedom, Autonomy, and Accountability in Education (Vol. 1). Vol. 1. Utrecht: Lemma, 2002.

Glenn, Charles  , and Jan de Groof. Finding the Right Balance: Freedom, Autonomy, and Accountability in Education (Vol. 2). Vol. 2. Utrecht: Lemma, 2002.

Gordon, Edward E., and Elaine H. Gordon. Centuries of Tutoring : A History of Alternative Education in America and Western Europe. Lanham: University Press of America, 1990.

Griffith, Mary. Viral Learning: Reflections on the Homeschooling Life: Lulu, 2007.

Guterson, David. Family Matters : Why Homeschooling Makes Sense. 1st ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

Harris, Gregg. The Christian Home School. 1st ed. Brentwood, Tenn.: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1988.

Holt, John. How Children Fail. revised ed. New York: Delacorte, 1982.

Holt, John Caldwell. Teach Your Own : A Hopeful Path for Education. New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1981.

House, H. Wayne. Schooling Choices. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1988.

Jones, Steven L. Religious Schooling in America : Private Education and Public Life. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2008.

Joyce, Kathryn. Quiverfull : Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.

Klein, Carol. Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling. Youngstown, N.Y.: Cambria Press, 2006.

Klicka, Christopher. Home Schooling: The Right Choice! Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2002.

Klicka, Christopher J. Home Schooling in the United States : A Legal Analysis. 1 vols. Paeonian Springs, Va.: Home School Legal Defense Association, 1992.

Klicka, Christopher J. The Right to Home School : A Guide to the Law on Parents' Rights in Education. 3rd ed. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2002.

Kuhl, Kathy. Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner. Herndon, VA: Learn Differently, 2009.

Kunzman, Robert. Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.

Lande, Nancy. Homeschool Open House. Bozeman, MT: WindyCreek Press, 2000.

Lawrence, Frederick M. Home Schooling : Status and Bibliography. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007.

Llewellyn, Grace. Real Lives : Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School. Eugene, Ore.: Lowry House, 1993.

Llewellyn, Grace. Freedom Challenge : African American Homeschoolers. Eugene, Ore.: Lowry House, 1996.

Lowe, Jane, and Alan Thomas. Educating Your Child at Home. London: Continuum, 2002.

Lyman, Isabel. The Homeschooling Revolution. Amherst, MA: Bench Press International, 2000.

Mayberry, Maralee, J. Gary Knowles, Brian   Ray, and Stacey   Marlow. Home Schooling : Parents as Educators. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 1995.

McCarthy, Martha M. Home Schooling and the Law, Policy Bulletin (Indiana Education Policy Center) ;. Bloominton, Ind.: Indiana Education Policy Center, 1992.

McDowell, Susan A. But What About Socialization? Answering the Perpetual Home Schooling Question. Nashville, TN: Philodeus Press, 2004.

Meighan, Roland. 25 Years of Home-Based Education: Research, Reviews, & Case Material. Nottingham, UK: Education Now, 2001.

Meighan, Roland. Learning Unlimited: The Home-Based Education Case-Files. Nottingham, UK: Educational Heretics Press, 2001.

Meighan, Roland. John Holt. Vol. 5, Library of Educational Thought. London: Continuum, 2007.

Millman, Gregory, and Martine Millman. Homeschooling : A Family's Journey. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008.

Moore, Raymond, and Dorothy   Moore. Home-Spun Schools: Teaching Children at Home--What Parents Are Doing and How They Are Doing It. Waco, TX: Word Books, 1982.

Moore, Raymond S., and Dorothy N. Moore. Home School Burnout: What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Cure It. Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1988.

Mur, Cindy. Home Schooling, At Issue; Variation: At Issue (San Diego, Calif.). San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2003.

Noll, James Wm. Taking Sides. Clashing Views on Educational Issues. 14th , expanded ed, Mcgraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series; Taking Sides;. Dubuque, Iowa: McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series, 2008.

Randall, E. Vance. Private Schools and Public Power : A Case for Pluralism. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994.

Ray, Brian D. Strengths of Their Own : Home Schoolers across America. Salem, Ore: NHERI Publications, 1997.

Ray, Brian D. Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling : Facts and Stats on the Benefits of Home School : A Quick Reference 2003-2004. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman, 2003.

Ray, Brian D. Home Educated and Now Adults. Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing, 2004.

Ray, Brian D. Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling : Facts and Stats on the Benefits of Home School : 2005-2006. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman, 2005.

Reich, Rob. Bridging Liberalism and Multiculturalism in American Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Rivero, Lisa. The Homeschooling Option: How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Rosin, Hanna. God's Harvard : A Christian College on a Mission to Save America. 1st ed. Orlando: Harcourt, 2007.

Scheps, Susan G. Homeschoolers and the Public Library : A Resource Guide for Libraries Serving Homeschoolers. Chicago: Public Library Association, 1993.

Scheps, Susan G. The Librarian's Guide to Homeschooling Resources. ALA eds. ed. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 1998.

Schwartz, Brian D. The Law of Homeschooling. Dayton, OH: Education Law Association, 2008.

Sheffer, Susannah. A Sense of Self : Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1995.

Stevens, Mitchell L. Kingdom of Children : Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology;. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.

Thomas, Alan  Educating Children at Home. London: Continuum, 1998.

Thomas, Alan, and Harriet Pattison. How Children Learn at Home. London: Continuum, 2007.

Van Galen, Jane Pitman Mary Anne. Home Schooling : Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives, Social and Policy Issues in Education;. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub., 1991.

Webb, Julie. Children Learning at Home. London: Falmer, 1990.

Webb, Julie. Those Unschooled Minds: Home-Educated Children Grow Up. Nottingham, UK: Educational Heretics Press, 1999.

Webb, Simon. Elective Home Education in the Uk. Trentham, UK: Stoke-on-Trent, 2011.

Whitehead, John W., and Wendell R. Bird. Home Education and Constitutional Liberties: The Historical and Constitutional Arguments in Support of Home Instruction. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1984.

Whitehead, John W. Crow Alexis Irene. Home Education : Rights and Reasons. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1993.

Williams, Heidi. Homeschooling, At Issue. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

Wimsatt, William Upski. No More Prisons : Urban Life, Homeschooling, Hip-Hop Leadership, the Cool Rich Kids Movement, a Hitchhiker's Guide to Community Organizing...And Why Philanthropy Is the Greatest Art Form of the 21st Century / by William Upski Wimsatt. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, 2008.

Wyatt, Gary. Family Ties : Relationships, Socialization, and Home Schooling. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2008.