Children have rights. Parents have responsibilities.
The Coalition for Responsible Home Education empowers homeschooled children by educating the public and advocating for child-centered, evidence-based policy and practices for families and professionals. We believe homeschooling can provide a positive, empowering education. We conduct research, advocate for evidence-based homeschooling policy, and develop resources that help parents and children succeed. We are a child advocacy nonprofit founded and run by individuals who were homeschooled, focused on the rights of children who are homeschooled.
What we do
We advocate.
We believe homeschooling policy should be evidence-based, reasonable, and consistent—and that homeschooling should never be used as a cover for child abuse or educational neglect.
We believe good homeschooling is child-centered and evidence-based, and prepares children for an open future. We provide resources for home educators and homeschool alumni.
We believe that good research promotes good homeschooling. We conduct research on homeschooling policies, experiences, and outcomes to inform parents and policymakers.
At CRHE, we draw on our experiences being homeschooled as children to advocate for homeschooled children today. We believe in empowering homeschooled children and in creating safeguards and supports to prepare children for an open future.
I was unenrolled from public school at 8 years old. My parents had every intention of continuing my education but life got in the way. After having missed a year of school, my parents tried putting me back in school but I'd missed so much and the first time my mother was called for a teacher conference she took me out of school again.
I never had any additional education until I started GED classes as an adult. I want to keep this from happening to any more children.
I am a former public school teacher that has witnessed the difficulties experienced by former homeschooled children who tried to transition into public schools as teens. Both children were functionally illiterate.
I now homeschool, and have been shocked at how few hours and days some of my fellow mothers choose to homeschool. Homeschool should be a way to enrich -- not evade education, and I'd like to see stricter laws and regulations to protect our children.
Working for a school district, I see first hand the students that are withdrawn from public school to be homeschooled and know the conditions that they are living in and the education they are not receiving.
Someone needs to advocate for these children and have their best interest in mind, which includes regulations for those being homeschooled and someone checking on these children regularly!
Charting Your Own Course
Children have rights.
Parents have responsibilities.
The Coalition for Responsible Home Education empowers homeschooled children by educating the public and advocating for child-centered, evidence-based policy and practices for families and professionals. We believe homeschooling can provide a positive, empowering education. We conduct research, advocate for evidence-based homeschooling policy, and develop resources that help parents and children succeed. We are a child advocacy nonprofit founded and run by individuals who were homeschooled, focused on the rights of children who are homeschooled.
What we do
We advocate.
We develop resources.
We conduct research.
Voices for Reform
At CRHE, we draw on our experiences being homeschooled as children to advocate for homeschooled children today. We believe in empowering homeschooled children and in creating safeguards and supports to prepare children for an open future.