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Why Homeschooling isn’t Just a Fad

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By guest author Abeka

These days, if you’re considering homeschooling your children, you’re not alone. Not by a long shot. Homeschool growth has trended strongly upward in recent years, in fact, 11.1% of U.S. households with school-age children reported homeschooling at the start of the 2020-2021 school year. This accounts for a 5.6% increase in homeschooling households compared to the year prior (census.gov). With everything happening in the world, homeschool programs are a popular option, and for many families, it is now their first choice over traditional school. Things have changed greatly in the world of education, most recently out of necessity due to COVID-19, but at Abeka we believe it’s all for the better. Homeschooling is now mainstream! Families no longer have to accept a one-size-fits-all approach to education, making it more flexible and customizable to each student. Homeschooling is here to stay, and here’s why:

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Christian Home Educators of Colorado's legislative updates keep you informed on issues that impact faith, family, parenting, and education

Legislative Update June 1, 2022

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By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations)

Dangerous Trend

Should homeschoolers be given money from the government to educate their children? After all, we pay taxes that fund the public school system just like everyone else, and our children don’t receive the benefit of a free education. With the influence of new homeschoolers escaping the government schools, the idea of the money following the child is growing momentum. It’s a dangerous trend. 

George Washington was right when he said that “government is force.” Some of the reasons parents are removing children from the government schools are because of forced policies around health mandates, forced programs that sexualize young children, forced promotion of critical race theory in the classroom, and forced character training that is antithetic to biblical values. These policies and programs are pushed through the education system built by the government and the special interest groups who apply massive pressure on the system to follow their agenda. And how is this pushed through the system? Money. Follow the money. 

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Unique Learners

Homeschooling Severely Disabled Students

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By author Shari McMinn

One of the strongest pro-life examples I witness in our society these days is when I see a loving, dutiful parent out-and-about in public with a child who is severely physically and/or mentally disabled. I have encountered such amazing families in the grocery store, the doctor’s office, the zoo, and even at the Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference. Praise the Lord! As I silently pray for them, I observe the selfless love the parent expresses toward their child. The child might be difficult to manage, but seems to understand the grace shown to him or her. In the town where I used to live, I would often see a mom who had an adult son that was a “flapper” and a “shouter.” She would lovingly escort him through the grocery aisles, carefully guiding him as she made her selections. One time, I introduced myself to her and extended a warm greeting. She looked relieved, like someone actually noticed them, appreciated her, and recognized that her son’s life had value. I later learned her husband was abusive and left them, not being able to cope with their situation. Yet, she trusts the Lord has a plan for her and her son.

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The Goldilocks Zone

What do the three bears have to do with Homeschooling?

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by guest author Señora Gose

One thing I’ve learned from my mentors and from my students and classes of all ages over the past 25 years of teaching (I was a public school teacher before becoming a mother) is that you just can’t FORCE learning. You can push and push and THINK they’ve got it, but they don’t. Regurgitation does not equate absorption.

Everyone (including me) is interested in doing things efficiently. Well, being “fast” actually is not efficient. Being “early” isn’t efficient. It’s TOO fast. But you don’t want to be TOO slow either…

You want to be JUUUUUUUSSSST right. 

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Christian Home Educators of Colorado's legislative updates keep you informed on issues that impact faith, family, parenting, and education

Legislative Update May 11, 2022

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Another Hit in the Last Inning

By Carolyn Martin, CHEC Director of Government Relations

Wow! It’s been a busy session for bills impacting homeschooling! Right out of the gate, we were hit with several bills and here in the last inning we were thrown a curveball.

Every year, the legislature must pass the Public School Finance bill (HB22-1390) or the public school system goes unfunded. It’s typical for the legislature to throw in a bunch of pieces of policy into this one bill – last year they threw in at the last-minute a part of an unpopular bill around school discipline – but we’ve never ever seen any language around homeschooling in the Public School Finance bill before.

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