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Ben Sasse: Public schools designed to separate Catholic kids from parents, parishes

The former US senator from Nebraska explained in 13 seconds ‘the real reason compulsory education ever started in America,' classical education proponent Jeremy Wayne Tate said.

News

Doug Mainwaring

• Jun 3, 2026

Connecticut governor signs radical anti-homeschool bill mandating background checks for parents

Democrat-led Connecticut approved a new law condemned by critics as the ‘first regression of homeschool freedom in the modern homeschool movement.’

News

Calvin Freiburger

• May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

DeSantis defends ‘fundamental’ parental rights at Florida homeschooling conference

The Florida governor told the homeschooling conference student numbers rose nearly 60% in five years, crediting his support for parental rights.

News

Stephen Kokx

• May 23, 2025May 27, 2025

German homeschooling family given one-year postponement on deportation decision

ICE granted the Romeikes a stay of deportation after pro-family voices pushed back against the agency’s effort to remove them from the country last month.

News

Stephen Kokx

• Oct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023

Court sides with homeschoolers against cop and social worker who strip-searched children

The social worker and the armed, uniformed police officer threatened to take away Holly Curry's children if she exercised her right not to let them enter her home without a warrant.

News

Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Sep 1, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Public schools making it harder for parents to withdraw kids and homeschool: Legal group

As their student numbers decrease, public schools lose funding.

News

Martin Bürger

• May 29, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Parents bring 5 kids into bank, and someone calls child services

'By the time they had returned home from their errand, a child protective services caseworker and a law enforcement officer were waiting at the door to investigate them for child abuse.'

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• May 20, 2020Jul 30, 2021

Harvard mag attacks homeschooling: Parents who choose it are ‘extreme religious ideologues’

'The assumption seems to be that the State owns children, and then lends them to parents to wash and feed.'

News

Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Apr 20, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Harvard summit promises hostility to homeschooling, demands for more regulation

The homeschool community may be interested in a summit scheduled for June 18–19 at Harvard Law School to discuss 'a controversial practice.'

Opinion

Darren Jones

• Mar 25, 2020Jul 30, 2021

VICTORY: German homeschooling parents win back custody of their children

The Wunderlichs have been subjected to government intervention with their family since 2006.

News

Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Jul 4, 2019Jun 18, 2021

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Ben Sasse: Public schools designed to separate Catholic kids from parents, parishes

Connecticut governor signs radical anti-homeschool bill mandating background checks for parents

DeSantis defends ‘fundamental’ parental rights at Florida homeschooling conference

German homeschooling family given one-year postponement on deportation decision

Court sides with homeschoolers against cop and social worker who strip-searched children

Public schools making it harder for parents to withdraw kids and homeschool: Legal group

Harvard mag attacks homeschooling: Parents who choose it are ‘extreme religious ideologues’

Harvard summit promises hostility to homeschooling, demands for more regulation

VICTORY: German homeschooling parents win back custody of their children