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Diatribe: State Rep. Costa Howard Attempts to Justify HB 2827
Frustrated with persistent opposition to HB 2827, "The Homeschool (Registration) Act," State Representative Terra Costa Howard (D-Lombard) took approximately three minutes on Friday morning to gripe about why she isn't going to relent on pushing her bill.
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Tagged HB 2827, homeschooling, sexual assault, Terra Costa Howard, truancy
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Expanding School Choice Through Government?
Get rid of DEI. Yes! There are only two genders, male and female. Amen. Shut down the Department of Education. Let’s get started. Let’s get the government to support Christian schools and homeschooling. Hmm, is this something we should be advocating for?
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Tagged 529 Education Savings Plan, CrossPolitic, education choice, Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, Home Education, homeschooling, Matt Trewhella, Mercy Seat Christian Church, Parental Rights, School Choice, School Choice Now Act, u.s. department of education
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Step Up, Illinois Homeschoolers
As of this week, 15 Illinois House members are willing to sign onto the 45-page legislation and support an unprecedented attack on parental rights. HB 2827 would diminish homeschool freedoms in the state.
Posted in Education
Tagged Cherry Pie Day, COVID, education choice, HB 2827, homeschooling, Kelly M. Cassidy, Michelle Mussman, National Household Education Survey, Ricca Slone, Terra Costa Howard, The Homeschool Act
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Illinois Homeschool Freedoms at Risk!
Over the years, we have loved being able to tell people that Illinois was among the best states with homeschooling freedoms. That is thanks, in part to a 1950 case (People v. Levisen) in which the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the term "private school" included instruction given to a child at home, as long as the instruction was adequate.
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Tagged Home Education, homeschooling, Kelly Cassidy, Michelle Mussman, People v. Levisen, Terra Costa Howard
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Three Big Reasons to Consider Homeschooling This Year
As a homeschool graduate and second-generation homeschooling dad, I’d like to share with you three huge reasons why I believe homeschooling is a great choice...
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Tagged Andrew Pudewa, Brett Cooper, Brian Holdsworth, Dr. Brian Ray, homeschooling, Institute for Excellence in Writing
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Gen Z is 74% More Likely to Homeschool
Members of Generation Z are almost twice as likely as previous generations to want to educate their children at home, according to explosive new polling data... Interest in homeschooling has been soaring for decades now following a brief period in human history when governments sometimes forced parents to hand their children over for “education.” But the latest numbers from Generation Z is shocking analysts.
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Tagged Age of Learning, EdTech, Generation Z, homeschooling, John Oliver
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The Problems Solvers Family Workshop: Rebuilding the Foundations of Faith & Family
The Problem Solvers Family Workshop is a two-day conference that is dedicated to rebuilding the foundations of faith and family in Illinois homes. Strong families with strong values are vital to creating a strong state and a strong nation.
Tagged children, Culture, family, homeschooling, Marriage, Saving Families by Restoring the Marriage Culture, The Problem Solvers Family Workshop, Worldly Challenges and Spiritual Solutions
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You Can Help Children Flourish!
Teacher union lobbyists and government employees work against every school choice bill and scholarship program they can; they reject the need for parental control over their children’s education. In doing so, they flatly dismiss the ability of parents to educate their own children or even to make viable decisions on their behalf.
Posted in CRT/Racism/BLM, Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged children, education, educational freedom, Every Child Should Have a Chance to Flourish, government schools, homeschooling, Parents, public schools, School Choice
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Culture Can Shift Faster Than You Think
I recently had a speaking tour through three South American countries. As I talked with many Christians in these nations, I heard a lot of discouragement. They feel they simply don’t have the influence they need to see positive change occur. In some of the countries, Marxism has taken root and has a stranglehold on politics and economics. Many Protestant Christians I talked to there are hoping to start Christian schools and desire to legalize homeschooling. This seems daunting as Protestants make up only 10-20% of the population.
Posted in Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Culture, Culture Can Shift Faster Than You Think, Homeschool, homeschooling, Marxism, Patrick Henry, William Wilberforce
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For Our Children’s Sake (Part I)
As parents, we desire to give our children the best education possible. In today’s culture, it’s becoming more and more difficult to achieve any kind of education through the government schools with their anti-God agenda. Private schooling, while an option for some, is not an option for many. And while it is important to not “get on our high horse” about homeschooling being the only “Christian” option, we do want to celebrate that homeschooling is a very real, desirable, and viable option! Once a family decides to enter the homeschooling arena, however, the choices regarding the method of how to homeschool can be daunting!
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Tagged Charlotte Mason, Home Education, homeschooling
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Help Launch Petra Homeschool Co-Op! No Indoctrination. Just Education.
If you have been reading any emails from Illinois Family Institute, you are aware of how nefarious the so-called teaching has become in government schools. The state snapshot (click on Mathematics) for children who met or exceeded proficiency in math is only at 32 percent. You read that right – only 32 percent have met or exceeded math proficiency in their grade! Unacceptable! That means 68 percent are failing.
Children are not being taught academics, but if they were to be tested on their knowledge of what constitutes a homosexual or how to use a condom, they would likely ace …
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Tagged homeschool co-op, homeschooling, Petra
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Growing Number of Government School Students Face Anti-Christian Attacks
As incomprehensible to average Americans as it may seem, three stories about government school students facing disciplinary actions for expressing their Christian faith were featured in Christian media publications over the past few months...
Posted in Education, Religious Liberty
Tagged American Center for Law and Justice, Christian Persecution, Christina Compagnone, education choice, First Amendment, free exercise of religion, Harmeet K. Dhillon, Home Education, homeschooling, Religious Liberty, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, U.S. Supreme Court
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Debunking “Socialization” Myths About Homeschooling
As it becomes increasingly obvious that homeschoolers do significantly better than victims of government “education” on every academic metric, apologists for the public-school system often fall back on their “socialization” mantra.
But under its true definition, “socialization” is hardly something to be desired. And under the commonly held understanding of socialization — gaining certain desirable social skills — the data show clearly that home-educated children outperform public school students on every key indicator.
But under its true definition, “socialization” is hardly something to be desired. And under the commonly held understanding of socialization — gaining certain desirable social skills — the data show clearly that home-educated children outperform public school students on every key indicator.
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Tagged Auguste Comte, Democracy and Education, Donald Schanzenbach, Dr. Brian Ray, emotional development, Home Education, homeschooling, John Dewey, John Taylor Gatto, Journal of School Choice, National Home Education Research Institute, psychological development, social development, socialization, Soviet Union, Wall Street Journal
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God’s Not Dead: We the People (Movie Review)
God's Not Dead: We the People is a positive movie aimed to encourage Christians to stand up for religious freedom in the United States, even while civil liberties are eroding all around us.
Reverend Dave is back for another harrowing journey in this fourth film in the franchise — “God’s Not Dead: We the People.”
Reverend Dave is back for another harrowing journey in this fourth film in the franchise — “God’s Not Dead: We the People.”
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Tagged Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman, God’s Not Dead: We the People, homeschooling, Tommy Blaze, Vance Null
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UN Big Wig Claims Homeschooling Might Harm Children
As Brazilian lawmakers worked to recognize and legitimize home education, which has been wildly successful in the United States for decades, senior United Nations “education” bureaucrat Italo Dutra warned that homeschooling threatens “harm to children and adolescents.”
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Tagged Home Education, homeschooling, Human Rights Council, Italo Dutra, Jair Bolsonaro, sex-ed standards, UNICEF, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, World Vision
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