By Brenda Kelly It’s Mother’s Day week! The day of so many mixed emotions. It’s a day to be honored and made to feel special, a day for a favorite meal or activity, cards and flowers, phone calls and visits from children no longer at home … but...
Legislative Update for May 1, 2024
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Nearing the End As I am writing this post over the weekend, there have been 467 House bills and 226 Senate bills introduced thus far in the session. Many of the bills are still waiting to...
The Importance of Like-Minded Fellowship
By Shari McMinn And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42 ESV) In my blog post last month, I shared about creating a support net for your special needs child,...
Legislative Update for April 17, 2024
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Right to An Education? There has been an international push over many decades to create a right of education for children. The United Nations (UN) through UNESCO (United Nations Educational,...
Legislative Update for April 3, 2024
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Charter School Accountability: A Warning Charter schools are public schools that are managed by third-party contactors and governed by their own board of directors instead of the local...
Long-Term Caring for Your Special Needs Child
By Shari McMinn And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:40 ESV) When we agree to take on the responsibility of parenting and home educating...
Legislative Update for March 20, 2024
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) The Truth is Not Foolishness “How is this?” said the Emperor to himself. “I can see nothing! This is indeed a terrible affair! Am I a simpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor? That would be...
Dazzled by God
By guest author Patricia Dotten I don’t know about you, but I didn’t homeschool so that my kids could get into an Ivy League school. I didn’t homeschool so they’d be super geeks and land a 1500 on the SAT. I didn’t homeschool so my friends and...








