I ordered this issue for $10, my first ever Mensa Journal purchase. It's rare to find homeschooling research in a source that I feel is acceptably neutral, but I think Mensa probably is. They picked Dr. Ruf to be the guest editor, and I know some people in the home schooling community felt this would make for an anti-home school slant, since Ruf has apparently said/written some things that aren't pro-home schooling (Though I've never seen any personally). But I didn't see any negative bias, nor do I see any reason why this journal would be biased for home schooling either. Presumably they want what's best for gifted kids, whatever that might be.
That's not to say that the articles weren't overwhelmingly positive about home schooling--they were! But then, especially for HG+ kids, I think home schooling does tend to be a valid option and a potential solution to many of the problems HG+ kids face. It's certainly not necessarily the *best* option for every HG+ kid, but it's probably a *decent* option for pretty much all of them, depending on each family's needs...
The articles seemed to me to be well-researched and informative. I might have liked to see one anti-home schooler arguing the cons of home schooling, just for the sake of even-handedness, and there wasn't one of those. But, then, I'm not sure there are many/any people in the gifted community saying home schooling is a bad choice in the generic sense. Not right for all kids, sure. But bad in general, for all kids? Not really.
Thanks for the link, Grinity! I should have posted it myself!
