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,...
By John Stonestreet and Shane Morris [Editor's Note: Since COVID-19 shut down schools across the US in 2020, the number of homeschoolers has increased significantly. Even after public schools reopened, homeschooling has continued to grow in...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) School Districts Overstepping School districts across the state continue to ask for information not required by the homeschool law. It’s important not to give it to them because they won’t...
By Ashley Vaughan “Where do our rights come from?” Scanning the audience, Mike Winther, founder of Institute for Principle Studies, invited audience participation. “We need to list every possible source of our rights.” Potential answers started...
By Ashley Vaughan A phone was ringing. The shrill sound wasn’t out of the ordinary or unexpected, the phones had been ringing off their hooks for days now. Yet the 17-year-old intern at the next desk was in a quandary. She, and half of the staff,...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Freedom Masquerading as Choice I used to play tether ball on the playground when I was a kid. It was a simple game. Be the one in control of the ball when the rope it is tethered to is fully...
By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations) Liberty or Chains?In Aesop’s fable “The Wolf and the House Dog,” a gaunt emaciated wolf came upon a fat house dog. The dog tried to entice the wolf back to his house where he would be...
By Guest Author Bradley Pierce *Knock, knock* Someone is at your door. You step toward it and look through the peephole. It’s a stranger, and they look official. You open the door. “Hello, can I help you?” you ask. “Hi, I’m from Child Protective...
