Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement

by Mitchell L. Stevens

Book Overview

More than one million American children are schooled by their parents. As their ranks grow, home schoolers are making headlines by winning national spelling bees and excelling at elite universities. The few studies conducted suggest that homeschooled children are academically successful and remarkably well socialized. Yet we still know little about this alternative to one of society's most fundamental institutions. Beyond a vague notion of children...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691058180
• ISBN13: 9780691058184
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"