Does Homeschooling "Work"? A Critique of the Empirical Claims and Agenda of Advocacy Organizations

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-392

  Lubienski, Christopher ^a   Puckett, Tiffany ^a   Brewer, T Jameson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84879958061     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2013.798516     Document Type: Article

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