Tag Archives: Anti-Homeschool Act

Homeschoolers Are Normal, But Their Opponents Are Not

Posted on May 20, 2026 by David E Smith

The battle isn't really about homeschooling. It's about who ultimately has authority over children: parents or the state? Once government gains power to bypass parents, every family should pay attention. Apparently moms and dads are now viewed as the problem.

Posted in Education | Tagged Anna Holzscheiter, Anti-Homeschool Act, Bolsheviks, Choose Education Independence, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Department of Children and Families, Eglantyne Jebb, Elizabeth Bartholet, Family Institute of Connecticut Action, Friedrich Engels, homeschooling, James Dwyer, JB Pritzker, Karl Marx, Leslie Wolfgang, Soviet Union, The Washington Post, Wisconsin v. Yoder | Comments Off

Illinois Home Educators Face “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Label

Posted on April 10, 2025 by David E Smith

Wednesday morning, State Representative Terra Costa-Howard (D-Lombard) brought before the Illinois House’s Education Policy Committee an amendment to her “Anti-Homeschool Act’ that would - for the first time - require Illinois homeschooling families to register their students with the state.

Posted in Education | Tagged Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Anti-Homeschool Act, Carmen Longoria-Green, Coalition for Responsible Home Education, HB 2827, Home Education, Homeschool Legal Defense Association, Illinois General Assembly, Patrick Henry College, Terra Costa Howard, The Homeschool Act | Comments Off