by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Abuse, Research
Rodger Williams Updated February 16, 2024 Public school advocates maintain that their schools protect students from child abuse because of mandatory reporters. But Federal data fails to support that assumption. Younger children are subject to higher rates of abuse...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Critic Accuracy
Rodger Williams May 12, 2021 The two invalid studies as described by homeschool critics Elizabeth Bartholet, Dr. Rachel Coleman, James Dwyer, Milton Gaither and Frank E. Vandervort promote the two invalid studies in their article for The...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Abuse, Research
Steven Duvall July 7, 2020 Excerpt: During my 40 years in the field of school psychology, I’ve observed a significant shift in parents’ primary reasons for homeschooling. Years ago, parents ranked religious reasons at the top of their motivations for...
by Rodger Williams | Issues, Mandated Reporter Visits
Some state lawmakers propose legislation to require home visits for homeschoolers from mandated reporters to check for child abuse. Their reasoning is that public school students are protected by mandated child abuse reporting at the school and that homeschooled...
