by Shari McMinn July and August are typically the months when most homeschool parents plan for their students’ new school year, which often begins in September. Perhaps you have already started thinking about your student’s needs and are in a...
Is the One Big Bill Really Beautiful?
by Colleen Enos, CHEC Director of Government Relations By now, everyone has heard about the passage of HR1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by our Federal Congress. President Trump signed the bill into law on the 4th of July, before the fireworks...
How You Can Participate on the Homeschool Freedom Team from Home
Homeschooling has been free in Colorado for more than 30 years, thanks to faithful partnerships and God’s kind blessing. The battle for homeschool freedom in Colorado began in the 1980s, and God worked through the very first small homeschool...
Five Ways to Find and Connect with Homeschool Groups near You
Finding homeschool groups that work for your family isn’t as easy as a quick Google search. In this article, you’ll learn five ways to make your search for homeschool groups more focused and fruitful.
Defining and Overcoming Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, and Dyslexia
We might have heard of dyslexia, but how many of us even knew about the learning labels of dyscalculia and dysgraphia, or how to help our children cope with them?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The CHEC 2025 Homeschool Freedom End-of-the-Session Report reviews a sampling of bills from the legislative session. Targeted focus was clearly placed on attacking parental rights, curtailing free speech, and undermining religious liberty.
Why Use an Independent School (Umbrella) if It’s Not Required?
by Renée Gotcher When my mother decided to start homeschooling in 1988, I was just two years away from finishing high school. We had moved too far from my public high school for me to continue attending, so she included me in this sweeping...
Here We Go Again
“Woke” does not begin to describe the ideological beliefs of the majority in the Colorado legislature. They have become bold in their desire to reorder our lives in accordance with two basic ideological beliefs.









