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Help! I’m Homeschooling! #COVID19
Have you been suddenly thrust into the role of homeschooling parent in the wake of school closures? Here’s some advice from a homeschool grad turned public school teacher on tips and strategies to help your family during this… Read More
It’s Okay: Thoughts from a Homeschool Grad Turned COVID-19 Homeschool Parent
Like many parents across the United States today, my kids are home from school due to COVID-19, and will be for the foreseeable future. Unlike most parents who have found themselves in this situation, though, I was homeschooled… Read More
Emergency Homeschooling: How to Support your Kids During a Coronavirus School Closure
As COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads in the United States, some local authorities have temporarily closed schools to slow the rate of infection. It is likely that parents in the U.S. will see more school closures in coming weeks; a number… Read More
The Story of Raylee Jolynn Browning: A Homeschool Homicide and Torture Case
A very tragic case coming out of West Virginia, which involves the hallmarks of a child homeschool torture and homicide case, is that of child victim Raylee Jolynn Browning, age 8. Raylee was born in 2010, and it… Read More
Joan T.: “My dysfunctional and borderline emotionally abusive home was my school.”
“I believe to this day—as I did in childhood—that I should not have been homeschooled, at least not all the way through high school as I was.” For fifteen years, I was a princess in a tower. I… Read More
Sarah: “The school never did anything to enforce their regulations”
When I was growing up, I was badly abused by my parents, to the extent that it meets the current definition of intrafamilial child torture. Solitary confinement (being locked in my room for days or weeks at a… Read More
Alumni Group: Florida HB 1059 Could Harm Homeschooled Students
CRHE warns that HB 1059 would create a heavy legal imbalance between the rights of children and the rights of parents in the state of Florida, leaving significant unchecked power in the hands of abusive parents that would prevent minor children from accessing help in a crisis. The impact on homeschooled children, they warn, will be especially significant.
Ohio Cases Highlight Need to Protect Homeschooled Children
For Immediate Release: Ohio’s homeschool requirements saved one child but failed another Canton, Ma., 01/09/2020—The Coalition for Responsible Home Education (CRHE) supports a letter-writing campaign by teachers in Dayton Public Schools urging state lawmakers to act in the… Read More
Letter from our Executive Director
This summer, our board of directors met in-person and spent three days building a vision for our organization’s future. The ideas we shared were invigorating. In the future, we envision having a social work department to help connect… Read More
Last Updated: 30 March, 2020 by Rachel Coleman
My COVID-19 Homeschooling Journey
Like many other parents who send their children to public school, I’m now supervising my children’s education at home due to COVID-19 school closures. Unlike most other parents who send their children to public school, I was homeschooled… Read More