Media Coverage

2024

• Emma Jacobs and Andrew Jack, The boom in home schooling, Financial Times, October 15, 2024
• Emma Arkell, The next ‘parental rights’ frontier? Getting kids out of school altogether, Xtra, September 30, 2024
• Kayla Jimenez, Safe from slaughter: Parents opt for homeschooling in aftermath of mass shootings, USA Today, September 29, 2024
• Lauren Barton, Unschooling Trend Is Growing More Popular, But It Can Cover Up Neglect,
  Teen Vogue, September 16, 2024
• Annabel Rocha, Homeschoolers spill the tea on why it’s not the solution to gun violence, Reckon, September 13, 2024
• Esteban Fernandez, Homeschool requirements vary from state to state, CNHI News, August 29, 2024
• Arielle Harrison, Gavin Peterson’s death sparks national call for stronger homeschooling oversight in Utah, KUTV, August 28, 2024
• Diana Cariboni, Top US homeschooling advocates say parents have ‘right’ to inflict pain, Open Democracy, July 18, 2024
• Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker, “No Schoolers”: How Illinois’ hands-off approach to homeschooling leaves children at risk, Capitol News Illinois, June 5, 2024
• Anna Saunders, Boone child death case sparks conversation about homeschooling assessments, oversight, WCHS, June 4, 2024
• Catherine Collins, 3 Ways to Prepare Your Family Financially For Homeschooling, MSN, May 2024
• Rachel Ulatowski, UFC Fighter’s Remarks Highlight the Dire Need for Homeschooling Regulations, The Mary Sue, May 28, 2024
• Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The problem with homeschooling, The Week, May 28, 2024
• Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling, Scientific American, May 14, 2024
• Martin LaMonica, Homeschooled kids face unique college challenges − here are 3 ways they can be overcome, The Conversation, May 7, 2024
• Carla Rogner, Delaware father arraigned on charges related to alleged abuse of his 7 children, WBNS-TV, April 25, 2024
• Soledad O’Brien, Uptick in Homeschooling Sparks Debate About Regulations, Matter of Fact, April 14, 2024
• Teresa Huizar, How can we prevent child abuse? Tougher rules for home-school families would help., USA Today, April 4, 2024
• Peter Greene, New Report Gives Pennsylvania a C Grade for Its Support of Public Schools, Bucks County Beacon, March 21, 2024
• Mitchell Atencio, Homeschooling Is Outgrowing Far-Right, Christian Fundamentalism, Sojourners, March 19, 2024
• Megan Tagami, Some Abusive Parents Homeschool Their Kids. Should Hawaii Do More To Screen Them?, Honolulu Civil Beat, March 14, 2024
• Amber Duke, The reality of homeschooling, The Spectator, March 13, 2024 
• Marie Weidmayer, How could a Maine boy be abused for months with no one noticing?, Bangor Daily News, March 7, 2024
• Angela Dallara, Justice for Nex Benedict – Letter to Oklahoma Legislature from 350+ Organizations, GLAAD, February 28, 2024
• Sam Lau, 350+ LGBTQ, civil rights groups, and notable public figures urge removal of Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction Ryan Walters, and D.O.E. investigation, Human Rights Campaign, February 28, 2024
• Elena Sheppard, Homeschooling is on the rise. Moms share what it’s like — and why they say it works for their families., Yahoo! Life, February 2, 2024
• Public Schooling in America 2024, Network for Public Education, February 2024 
• Mary Ellen Ritter, Uptick in homeschooling continues in Volusia, Flagler; some experts call out ‘deficiencies’, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, January 29, 2024 
• Homeschooling: the highly unregulated parallel education system in the US, MSN, January 20, 2024
• The Home Schooling Surge, NPR’s Fresh Air, January 18, 2024
• Just-Released Report Outlines Troubling Trend Toward Religious Extremism in State Legislatures, American Atheists, January 9, 2024
• Opinion: Home schooling is surging. States have to step up their oversight., The Washington Post, January 6, 2024

2023

• Peter Jamison and Laura Meckler, Home-schoolers dismantled state oversight. Now they fear pushback, The Washington Post, December 28, 2023
• Gabrielle Seunagal, Experts Raise Questions About Safety of Homeschooling, USA Herald, December 27, 2023
• Adam Gabbatt, Lack of home schooling oversight ‘obvious danger’ to children, experts say, The Guardian, December 25, 2023
• When Homeschooling Fails Should the Government Step In?, Courageous Conversations About Our Schools, December 22, 2023 
• Peter Jamison, Laura Meckler, Prayag Gordy, Clara Ence Morse and Chris Alcantara, Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education, The Washington Post, October 31, 2023
• Homeschooling: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, October 9, 2023 
• Lucy Steigerwald, Children Need a Lot More Civil Rights Than They Currently Have, The Daily Beast, September 18, 2023
• Cait West, Interview with Samantha Field on Home Education, Tears of Eden, August 23, 2023
• Macy Davis, What homeschooling looks like in Arkansas, KAIT8, August 20, 2023
• Samantha Field, Disturbing child abuse case highlights systemic flaws, TMJ4 News, July 19, 2023
• Eve Ettinger, Inside The Reckoning Facing Christian Mommy Bloggers, Bustle, July 10, 2023
• Amanda Geduld, Maine homeschooling numbers remain high following a pandemic spike, The Maine Monitor, July 9, 2023
• Alison Novak, Vermont Eases Oversight of Homeschooling Even as the Number of Students Has Grown, Seven Days, June 28, 2023
• Eve Ettinger, Shiny happy homeschooling: The abusive Duggar-like household is preventable, if we all take action, Salon, June 10, 2023
• Peter Jamison, The revolt of Christian homeschoolers, Washington Post, May 30, 2023
• Group seeks stronger protections for kids outside of school settings, KFOR, February 9, 2023
• Char Adams, Black families are changing the educational landscape through communal home-schooling, NBC News, February 8, 2023
• All Sides with Ann Fisher, Ohio parents accused of using neo-Nazi lesson plan during homeschooling, WOSU Public Media, February 6, 2023
• Sarah Schwartz, What to Know About a Neo-Nazi Home-School Scandal, Education Week, February 3, 2023
• David Gilbert, Nazi Homeschool Network Under Investigation by Ohio’s Department of Education, Vice News, January 30, 2023
• Christopher Mathias, Inside The Online Community Where Home-Schoolers Learn How To Turn Their Kids Into ‘Wonderful Nazis’, Huffpost, January 29, 2023

2022

• Peter Jamison, The Christian home-schooling world that shaped Dan Cox, Washington Post, November 3, 2022
• Vince Bielski, With States Hands-Off, Homeschooling Takes Off, Real Clear Investigations, November 2, 2022
• Sarah Pulliam Bailey, How Christian home-schoolers laid the groundwork for ‘parental rights’, Washington Post, June 11, 2022
• Samantha Field, Josh Duggar’s Sentencing Underscores Need To Reform Homeschooling, Sojourners, May 26, 2022
• Diana Cariboni, Top US homeschooling advocates say parents have ‘right’ to inflict pain, Open Democracy, July 22, 2022
• NYCity News Service, When home is school: A lobbying group’s state-by-state fight against oversight, Chalkbeat, May 12, 2022
• Lily Altavena, Michigan Girl Falls Through Cracks of Home Education System, Detroit Free Press, March 26, 2022
• Kathryn Joyce, “Parental Rights” Started on the Christian Fringe — Now It’s the GOP’s Winning Issue, Salon, January 12, 2022

2021

• Heath Brown, The Parents’ Rights Movement May Seem Tailor-Made for Republican Politics, But Homeschoolers Show That Might Not Be the Case, The 74 Million, November 30, 2021
• R. L. Stollar, What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — And Right — About Homeshooling, Religion Dispatches, November 7, 2021
• Julia Oller, These Families are Opting to Homeschool — Without White Christian Nationalism, Sojourners, October 19, 2021
• Catherine Womack, We’re All Homeschoolers Now, Alta, September 27, 2021
• Eve Ettinger and Nylah Burton, Homeschooling Regulations Must Prioritize the Needs of Students, Teen Vogue, September 1, 2021
• Kim Strong, Fight to Protect Homeschool Parents Often as Fierce as Fight to Protect Their Kids, York Daily Record, August 17, 2021
• Cole Lauterbach, Homeschooling Applications in California More Than Double Amid COVID-19 School Closures, The Center Square, July 7, 2021
• A Q&A with Homeschooling Reform Advocates Elizabeth Bartholet and James Dwyer, Harvard Law Today, June 28, 2021
• After Homeschooling Due to the Pandemic, Some Families Plan to Send Their Children Back to School in Person in the Fall, The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN), May 3, 2021
• Audrey Clare Farley, How Christian Schools and Homeschooling Teach Supremacist Conspiracies, Ms. Magazine, March 2, 2021
• Morgan Matzen, Parent Choice Takes Center Stage as South Dakota Pushes for Less Homeschool Accountability, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), March 1, 2021
• Mark Johnson, Kitchen-Table Classrooms: Covid-19 Has Persuaded Some Parents that Homeschooling is Better, The Economist, Feb. 27, 2021
• Allie Hinga, Supporters, Critics Split on Home-Schooling Approaches in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, The Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, IA), Jan. 17, 2021

2020

• Dylan McCoy, To woo home-schoolers, a new Indiana virtual school offers $1,700 stipends, Chalkbeat, Oct. 1, 2020
• Donna Provencher, GOP candidate brags about endorsement from radical right-wing group, The American Independent, Sept. 29, 2020
• Anne Kniggendorf, With uncertainty over reopening schools, more parents are drawn to homeschooling, The Beacon (Kansas City), Sept. 1, 2020
• Emily Cox, COVID-19 caused some families to switch to home schooling, Hoosier Times, Aug 19, 2020.
• Debbie Lord, Homeschooling: Things to consider when deciding if you want to homeschool your child. Fox 23 News, Aug 14, 2020.
• Tommie Clark, More Iowa parents consider home schooling over in-person, online learning. KCCI, Des Moines, Aug 7, 2020.
• Karla Navarrete, New to homeschooling? 5 steps to homeschool success. ABC 15 Arizona, Aug 4, 2020.
• Sara MacNeil, Kitchen-table lessons: Las Vegas mom of 7 opts for homeschooling. Las Vegas Sun, Aug 2, 2020.
• Parents and teachers turning to ‘micro-school’ approach to education students safely from home, Fox 1 LA,  July 29, 2020
• Ryan Jenkins, , COVID-19 pandemic leads to increased interest in homeschooling. TMJ4, July 29, 2020.
• Kellyanne Stitts, Homeschool expert provides tips for parents navigating virtual learning option. ABC Wate 6, July 28, 2020.
• Parents consider homeschooling and other options for the fall amid COVID-19 crisis. Fox 5 DC, July 28, 2020.
• Frank Corder, Public school extracurriculars not available for homeschoolers, even some distance learners. Y’all Politics, July 23, 2020.
• Homeschooling seeing a surge of interest, WWL Newsroom, July 21, 2020
• Katherine Stewart, Coronavirus home schooling highlights the religious right’s education system influence, NBC News, July 20, 2020
• Kelli Cook, More parents considering homeschooling this fall, WMC 5, July 16, 2020
• Melody Warnick, Not Everyone Hates School At Home, New York Times, July 16, 2020
• Introductory course offered for new homeschooling families, Fox 13, July 13, 2020
• Dylan Peers McCoy, Indiana high schools with hidden dropouts could see dips in grad rates, Chalkbeat Indiana, July 9, 2020
• Alison Bowen, Some Illinois parents opt to home-school amid coronavirus, Chicago Tribune, June 29, 2020
• Elizabeth Bartholet And Rachel Coleman On Homeschooling’s Potential For Abuse, Off-Trail Learning, June 6, 2020
• Molly McCluskey, How to Work Remotely While Home-Schooling, US News & World Report, March 26, 2020
• When school is safer than home: School closures, home schooling, and child abuse, Child Welfare Monitor, March 20
• Bill, Thomas, CRHE suggests parents prepare for at-home learning, The Tomahawk, March 11, 2020
• Carrie Snider, West Valley homeschool groups help students connect, West Valley View, Feb 17, 2020
• Molly Reed, State lawmakers asked to make changes to home schooling laws, Dayton 24/7 News NOW, Feb 13, 2020
• Tyler Barker, Homeschool advocates urge WV lawmakers to pass Raylee’s Law, abc4 WOAY, Feb 4, 2020
• Jerry Kenney, Homeschooling in spotlight following the death of Takoda Collins, 91.3 WYSO, January 29, 2020 
• BJ Barker, ‘Teddy’s Law’ among failed attempts to reform child abuse oversight, 2News WDTN, Jan. 15, 2020
• Debbie Holmes, Dayton Boy’s Death Prompts Calls For More Home Schooling Oversight, WOSU Public Media, Jan 10, 2020
• Molly Clancy, Beacon Project: Schooling choices continue to expand, Savannah Morning News, Jan 4, 2020
• Samantha Field, Jerusha Lofland, and Brian Ray, How Should We Regulate Homeschooling?, The 1A, January 2, 2020

2019

• Group of Homeschooled Grads Advocates for Disabled Homeschooled Students, Cape May County Herald, Nov 1, 2019
• Gesine Dornblüth,  Religious rights in Russia and the USA, Deutschlandfunk, November 19, 2019
• Dr. Rachel Coleman, Fox News Special Report, October 18, 2019
• Kate Pollack, Quadriplegic lawnmower, Ulysses clause, Elwyn Crocker Case, SMILE Immigration voting, Handi-Link, October 11, 2019
• Dr. Rachel Coleman, All-In Indiana, October 10, 2019
• Dylan Peers McCoy, Dropouts Or Home-Schoolers: How Indiana Schools Can Write Off Struggling Students, Chalkbeat Indiana, Oct 10, 2019
• Dylan Peers McCoy, Hidden dropouts: How Indiana schools can write off struggling students as home-schoolers, Chalkbeat, Sept 17, 2019
• Beth Dalbey, Homeschooled Boy, 13, Weighed 65 Pounds When He Escaped Parents, Patch, Sept 11, 2019
• Michelle Herman, When Does Caring Become Overstepping?, Slate, Sept 8, 2019
• Brian Gordon, Non-religious motives propel home schooling boom in Western North Carolina, Asheville Citizen Times, Aug 26, 2019
• Kelly Holm, Back to (home) school, The Osceola Sun, Aug 19, 2019
• Rae Goodman, 8 Things Moms Who Homeschool Want Non-Homeschooling Moms To Know, Romper, Aug 6, 2019
• Danedri Herbert, Study shows continued growth in homeschooling, The Sentinel, June 25, 2019
• Taylor Newby, Homeschool can be used as a way to hide child abuse, The Daily Iowan, April 30, 2019
• Elizabeth Llorente, ‘House of Horrors’ child abuse cases reveal how offenders nationwide use homeschooling to hide their crimes, Fox News, April 27, 2019
• Kate Pollack, Savanna Lucky case, facial differences, narcissism part 2, Handi-Link, April 26, 2019
• Hayden Henry, Texas coaches rally to fight home school bill, Longview News-Journal, April 20, 2019
• Kate Pollack, AAD, Amputees on Capitol Hill, Erica Parsons Case, Handi-Link, April 5, 2019
• Is Florida Defenseless Against Measles? Florida Political Review, March 28, 2019
• Home schoolers support legislation to prevent withdrawal of students, 92.3 WNPC, Mar 28, 2019
• G.G. Rigsby, Advocate: House Bill 530 is a start, Savannah Morning News, March 19, 2019
• The Register’s editorial, Iowa must eliminate private instruction option for home schooling, which can increase risk of abuse, Des Moines Register, Mar 7, 2019
• G.G. Rigsby, Lawmakers try to change homeschool law to address Effingham deaths, Savannah Morning News, Mar 2, 2019
• G.G. Rigsby, Lawmakers try to change homeschool law to address Effingham Deaths, Savannah Morning News, Mar 1, 2019
• Suzanne McDevitt, PhD, The Risks of Isolation in Homeschooling — Issues for Social Workers, Social Work Today,  Mar 1, 2019
• Hannah Brashers, Critics of Christian Home Schooling Are Calling for Reform. Here’s Why., Rewire News, Feb 28, 2019.
• Iowa State Legislature Press release, A spate of child deaths have pointed to the need for restoring Iowa’s homeschool law to its pre-2013 form, Osceola Sentinel-Tribune, Feb 20, 2019.
• Virginia Prescott & Emilia Brock, New Homeschooling Regulations Considered After Two Children Found Dead, Georgia Public Radio, Feb 18, 2019
• Samantha Field, New Homeschooling Regulations Considered After Two Children Found Dead, On Second Thought, February 18, 2019
• Aaron Savage, Proposed Texas Law Would Allow Home School Students to Participate in Public School Sports, KTEM News, Feb 14, 2019
• History of Homeschooling in Georgia, Savannah Morning News, Feb 11, 2019
• G.G. Rigsby, Experts say homeschooling ripe for abuse; law changes considered after two Effingham children found buried, Savannah Now, Feb 9, 2019.
• Susan Miller, Home-Schooled Students Could Play on Teams — Under Proposed Legislation, The Missourian, Feb 4, 2019.
• Casey Michel, The latest front in Russian infiltration: America’s right-wing homeschooling movement, ThinkProgress, Jan 17, 2019
• Joseph Hong, Would stricter home-school laws have protected Turpin children? Measures withdrawn under pressure, Palm Springs Desert Sun, Jan 14, 2019. 
• Editorial Board, The California Legislature must address homeschool shortcomings exposed by the Turpin case, Desert Sun, Jan 18, 2019
• Brandy Thompson, Homeschoolers Are Once Again The Scapegoats in a War on Logic!, Child Protective Services Defense, Jan 12, 2019
• Beth Dalby, Hidden Torture: Adoptive Mom Pleads Guilty In Teen’s Starvation, Patch, Jan 10, 2019.
• Ben DeGrow, Restricting Homeschool Freedom Won’t Make Children Safer, Mackinac Center, Jan 4, 2019
• Stateside Staff, More homeschool oversight hurts families, does nothing to protect kids, says national advocate, Michigan Radio, Jan 3, 2019.
• Stateside Staff, Michigan makes it easy for families to homeschool. Some say that puts children at risk. Michigan Radio, Jan 2, 2019
•  Stateside Staff, New Year, new governor; teaching kids to recognize abuse; is MI homeschool law too lax? Stateside, Jan 2, 2019

2018

• Caroline Vandergrift, Homeschooling in Oklahoma: A Push for More Oversight, KOKH, Nov 12, 2018.
• Robert Nott, World is their classroom, but are New Mexico home-schoolers learning? Sante Fe New Mexico, Oct 25, 2018
• Shana Aborn, How Many Kids are Homeschooled? It’s More Common Than You Think, Romper, Sept. 26, 2018
• James Jeffrey, Beyond the Exodus from U.S. State Schools, BBC, August 17, 2018
• Kara Berg, A mom took her kids from school after too many CPS reports. There’s no law to prevent that, Lansing State Journal, August 14, 2018
• Editorial board, Suggested Homeschool Regs Impractical, The Oklahoman, August 2, 2018
• Kate Corbett Pollack, No Homeschool Oversight in California: Another Child Torture Case Is Discovered, PETROLEUSES, June 18, 2018
• Child Advocate’s Subpoenas Provoke Angry Response From Homeschoolers, by Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, June 6, 2018
• Child Advocate Expands Probe Into Use Of Home Schooling By Parents Suspected Of Abuse, Neglect, by Josh Kovner, Hartford Courant, June 6, 2018
• Home-school interest still growing, oversight in Texas remains lax, by Michelle Gaitan, GoSanAngelo, May 30, 2018
• Here’s Why 10 Home-Schooled Kids Were Tortured Inside A California House And No One Tried To Stop It, by Brianna Sacks, Buzzfeed, May 18, 2018
• Children in abuse case not registered with state as home-schooled, by Henry Lee, Fox KTVU, May 17, 2018
• Child abuse case in California spotlights lack of oversight of home schooling, by Danielle Silva, NBC News, May 17, 2018
• Rachel Swan, Fairfield child torture case renews concerns on homeschooling oversight, San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2018
• Ray Sanchez, California abuse cases raise questions about home school regulation, CNN, May 16, 2018
• Some Use Homeschooling as a Cover for Extreme Child Abuse, jesuswithoutbaggage, April 30, 2018
• “Mass Killings Spur Interest in Homeschooling,” Courthouse News Service, April 17, 2018
• “Parents in the Deadly California Cliff Crash Were Allowed to Keep Home-Schooling Despite Abuse Claims,” TIME, April 16, 2018
• “Hawaii Cases of Home-Schooling and Neglect,” Honolulu Star Advertiser, April 15, 2018
• “How the Hart parents isolated their children to hide signs of abuse,” CNN wire, April 15, 2018
• “Hart family deaths show — again — how much home school children need case workers’ vigilance,” Oregon Live, April 13, 2018
• “How the Hart family isolated their children to hide abuse,” KTI Milwaukee, April 13, 2018.
• “California Lawmakers Consider How to Regulate Home Schools after Abuse Discovery,” NPR, April 9, 2018
• “Grandmother of Homeschooled Teen Who Starved Pleads Guilty,” Patch, April 9, 2018.
• “Austin bombings cast unwelcome spotlight on home schooling,” San Antonio Express-News, April 8, 2018
• “What could have saved the Hart children?” Salon, April 2, 2018
• “Hidden Torture: Powerful Lobby Opposes Homeschool Reform Efforts,” Patch, March 28, 2018
• “Commentary: Don’t let child abusers hide behind home schooling,” Salt Lake Tribune, March 19, 2018
• “Meet HSLDA, The Most Powerful Religious-Right Lobby You’ve Never Heard Of,” The Establishment, March 8, 2018
• Deb Pelt, “Va. abuse cases include homeschool kids,“ Legacy Newspaper, Feb 27, 2018
• “Katharine Gregg: What Outcomes From School Choice?” Concord Monitor, Feb. 27, 2018
• “Hidden Torture: Homeschool Laws Can Shield Most-Abusive Parents,” Patch, Feb. 21, 2018
•  David Taub, “Proposed Law Requires Fire Inspections for Homeschool Families“ GV Wire, Feb 21, 2018
• Lompoc Record, “Turpin Abuse Case Prompts California Bill to Tighten Regulation of Home Schools,” Lompoc Record, Feb. 17, 2018
• “Opinion: Parents Should Explore Alternatives To Homeschooling,” LSU Now, Feb. 16, 2018
• “Homeschoolers May Face Background Checks,” The Garden Island, Feb. 15, 2018
• Sen. Kahele Introduces Bill to Protect Homeschooled Keiki, Big Island Now, Feb 14, 2018
•  Bill Buley, Homeschooling bill a step for safety, deserves support, The Garden Island, Feb 10, 2018
• “Hawaii Bill Would Require Background Checks on New Homeschooling Families,” Education Dive, Feb. 8, 2018
• “Home Schooling Oversight Debate Revived In N.H.,” Concord Monitor, Feb. 7, 2018
• “A California Couple Abused Their 13 Kids — And Weak Homeschooling Rules Helped Them Do It,” Mother Jones, Feb. 7, 2018
• “National Debate About Home Schooling Oversight Hits Iowa,” The Spencer Daily Reporter, Feb. 7, 2018
• Missoulian, “Montana Has Little Regulation of Home Schools, And Parents Are Just Fine With That,” Missoulian, Feb. 4, 2018
• “Why Homeschool Law Is Inadequate And Doesn’t Keep Kids In Mind,” Fatherly, Feb. 4, 2018
• California Abuse Case Stirs Home-School Debate Nationally, Locally,” Times Free Press, Feb. 1, 2018

“Could Case of 13 Abused Siblings Fire Up Debate On Home Schooling?” Dallas News, Feb. 1, 2018

• Kathryn Brightbill on KABC790

• Case of Shackled Kids Revives Home-School Regulation Debate, AP, Jan. 28, 2018.
• Carolyn Thompson, Case revives home-school rules debate, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 28, 2018
•  Kevin Jones, Turpin abuse case prompts debate on homeschool oversight, Catholic News Agency, Jan 24, 2018
• California couple accused of starving, torturing 13 siblings had “healthy” dogs, Newburgh Gazette (Newburgh, IL), Jan. 23, 2018
• Home schools fall under new scrutiny after Perris torture, Twin-City Telegraph, Jan. 22, 2018
• Turpin Case Shows Risks of Not Monitoring Home Schools, Child Welfare Monitor,  Jan 22, 2018
• Experts: Shackled children face long road to recovery, New Zealand Herald, Jan. 21, 2018.

The reason California’s ‘house of horrors’ alleged abuse was able to continue undetected, Yahoo7 News, Jan. 21, 2018

• Kathryn Brightbill on KFI

• California ‘house of horrors’ sheds spotlight on homeschooling, Telegraph, Jan. 20, 2018
• ‘California torture house’ case exposes lack of oversight of home schools, NBC News, Jan. 20, 2018
• Homeschooling allowed abuse of 13 children to carry on undetected, news . com . au, Jan. 20, 2018.
• Home schools fall under new scrutiny after Perris torture case, Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), Jan. 20, 2018.

Iowa should end independent private instruction, Des Moines Register, Jan. 19, 2018

• Eve Ettinger on BBC 5

• Eve Ettinger on KFI News

• California abuse case sparks calls for home-schooling oversight, Reuters, Jan. 18, 2018
• Better home-school oversight could have detected Perris child torture horror, Sacramento Bee, Jan. 18, 2018
• Experts Say Lax Homeschooling Oversight Allowed Isolation, KMIR, Jan. 18, 2018
• Editorial Board, The California Legislature must address homeschool shortcomings exposed by the Turpin case, The Desert Sun, Jan 18, 2018
• Rachel Coleman on Press Play with Madeleine Brand, KCRW.

• Lemor Abrams, Perris House Of Horrors Shines Spotlight On Homeschool Rules, CBS Sacramento, January 17, 2018
• Case of 13 California kids allegedly tortured ‘fits this pattern we’ve been tracking for a long time’, Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2018
• California torture case raises questions about home school regulation, CNN, Jan. 17, 2018
• Turpin family ‘torture’: How easy is it to homeschool in California? International Business Times, Jan. 17, 2018

Rachel Coleman and Kathryn Brightbill, The Turpin child abuse story fits a widespread and disturbing homeschooling pattern, LA Times, Jan. 17, 2018

• Rachel Coleman opposite Mike Smith on KNX Radio.

• Kieryn Darkwater on KFBK Sacramento

• Children’s captivity in Perris: An emaciated girl’s window escape opened door to nightmarish scene, LA Times, Jan. 16, 2018
• How 2 California Parents Could ‘Home-School’ Their Shackled and Abused Children, HuffPost, Jan. 16, 2018
• Anna M. Phillips, For Perris couple arrested after kids found chained, home-schooling kept spotlight away, LA Times, Jan 16, 2018
• Despite Concerns Over Child Safety, Homeschool Lobby Aims to Avoid Regulation, Talking Points Memo, Jan 9, 2018

2017

• Christine Byers, Starved, beaten and forgotten: Child deaths in Missouri and Illinois expose how predators exploit home school system, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 11, 2017
• Editorial: Children’s deaths should trouble everyone about lax home-school regulation, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 16, 2017
• 3 Takeaways from the Latest Home Education Surveys, Homeschool View, Oct 23, 2017
• Death of Missouri teen raises questions about home-schooled student’s safety, Republic Monitor, Sep 21, 2017
• Rachel Coleman, Homeschooled children are no less likely to die from child abuse, Des Moines Register, Sept. 14, 2017
• Joel Kurtinitis, Attacks on homeschooling are short on facts, Des Moines Register, Sept. 10, 2017
• More Students Choosing Home, Online Classes over Classrooms, WWL Radio, New Orleans, August 7, 2017
• More Louisiana Families Are Home-Schooling, by Miranda Klein, The Town Talk, August 3, 2017
• Michelle Goldberg, The Sinister Side of Homeschooling, The Daily Beast, July 11, 2017
• Marie K. Cohen, “States Should Forbid Homeschooling by Adoption Subsidy Recipients,” Chronicle of Social Change, June 28, 2017
• “The Reality, Controversy, and Efficacy of Modern Homeschooling,” the Colin McEnroe Show, June 6, 2017
• Rokia Hassanein, “Under the Guise of ‘Religious Freedom,’ Some Fundamentalist Homeschools and Day Care Centers May Be Subjecting Children to Harm,” Church & State, June 1, 2017
• ‘Heartbroken’ Iowa agency asks experts how to prevent child deaths, Des Moines Register, May 20, 2017
• Dead Perry girl’s home was being monitored by state workers, Des Moines Register, May 16, 2017
• Brian Emerson, Revived testing opt-out bill passes Senate with modifications; Home-school opt-out bill, Bismark Tribune, March 27, 2017.
• Marie K. Cohen, Protect Homeschooled Children from Maltreatment, Chronicle of Social Change, March 25, 2017.
• Amanda Moore, Protecting Home-Schooled Kids from Abuse: What Can States Do for Home-Schooled Children? Parent Herald, March 24, 2017.
• Marie Cohen, Protect Homeschool Children from Maltreatment, Chronicle of Social Change, Mar 23, 2017
• Kansas Grandmother of Slain Boy Seeks Home Schooling Reform, Associated Press, March 20, 2017.
• Katie Moore, Grandmother of Slain Boy Pushes for Homeschool Law Reform in Kansas, Topeka Capital Journal, March 18, 2017.
• Lisa Grace Lednicer, These activists want greater home-school monitoring. Parent groups say no way., Washington Post, March 2, 2017.
• Editorial, Keep Kids in School When Abuse Found, Lexington Herald-Leader, March 2, 2017.
• Naomi Nix, Want Another Parent to Homeschool Your Child? Welcome to Georgia’s Homeschool Schools, The 74 Million, Feb. 28, 2017.
• John Chevez, Bill to keep abused children in school faces uncertain future in Kentucky Senate, Kentucky New Era, Feb. 27, 2017.
• Julie Strupp, What Betsy DeVos Means for Home Schooling Families, The Washingtonian, Feb. 22, 2017.
• Doug Hines, When homeschooling is a rouse for child abuse, The Courier of Waterloo, Iowa, January 29, 2017.
• Chris Weller, Americans are rejecting the ‘homeschool myth’, Business Insider, Jan. 23, 2017.
• Lee Rood, Are abusive parents hiding behind Iowa’s home-school law? Des Moines Register, Jan. 21, 2017.
• Carlos Garcia, Home schooling open house attracts attention, Gainesville Times, Jan. 19, 2017.
• Jason Perez, Magnifying the Education System: The Education Turf War, HotChalk Education Network, Jan. 3, 2017

2016

• Protection or Privacy? by Eva P. Ingle, Wilkes Journal-Patriot, Nov. 28, 2016.
• My Homeschooled Friend Killed Himself, And His Family Wouldn’t Talk About It, by Eleanor Skelton, Huffington Post, Oct. 5, 2016
• Homeschooling Bill Clears First Hurdle, Ernice Gilbert, Virgin Islands Consortium, Oct. 5, 2016
• Homeschool Bill Passes First Committee, Suzanne Carlson, Virgin Islands Daily News, Oct. 5, 2016
• Senate Panel Approves Bill to Loosen Home School Regulations, by Bill Kossler, St. Croix Source, Oct. 4, 2016
• “More Mid-Michigan Families Are Choosing to Home-School Their Children,” by Rilwan Balogun, WILX 10, Sept. 8, 2016.
• Kentucky Districts Attract Homeschool Students with Online Courses, by Leo Doran, Education Week, July 13, 2016
• Homeschool Ruling a Bad Day for Texas’ Homeschool Children, by Rachel Coleman and Ezra Husney, The Post Newspaper of Galveston County, July 12, 2016
• Kentucky Schools Connect with Homeschool Kids via Online Courses, by Valarie Honeycutt Spears, Lexington Herald Leader, July 10, 2016
• Confusion Abounds on How to Enroll Homeschooled Students to Play Sports in Public Schools, by Trisha Powell Crain, Alabama School Connection, July 5, 2016
• Case adjourned against Calgary parents accused of murdering son, by Michael Franklin, CTV News Calgary, June 17, 2016
• “She Didn’t Say Vagina”: Sex Ed in Fundamentalist Christian Homeschool, by Molly Oswaks, Broadly, June 21, 2016
• School Checking Home School Residents against Sex Offender List, by Glenn M. Parris, Booneville Democrat, Arkansas, June 22, 2016
• How Do You Monitor Homeschooling Parents? Welcome to the Wild West of Education Regulation, by Naomi Nix, The 74 Million, May 17, 2016
• Alaska Has One of the Country’s Loosest Home-schooling Laws, by Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News, May 8, 2016
• Safeguards Needed When Home-Schoolers Play High School Sports by Leland Gordon, Record Searchlight, April 22, 2016
• The Homeschool Lobby and the Dangers of Deregulation by Brendan Gaffney, Brown Political Review, April 14, 2016
• Our View: Maine’s Homeschooling Laws Don’t Make The Grade, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, April 8, 2016
• Maine Parents Embracing the Lessons of Homeschooling, Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, April 4, 2016
• Hidden at Home WSBN Miami/Fort Lauderdale, March 7, 2016
• ‘Nobody Wants to Stop It’: When Abusive Parents Use Homeschooling to Sneak Under the Radar by Jessica McMaster, KSHB Kansas City, February 29, 2016
• Beyond the Classroom: Alternative Educational Platforms: Home Schooling and Unschooling by Laurie Futterman, Miami Herald, Feb. 22, 2016
• Mary Keck, Home schooling ‘not for everybody’, IUB Newsroom, Jan 7, 2016

2015

• • Janiya Thomas’ Case Does Not Prompt Sarasota Legislator to Consider Changes to Homeschool Laws, by Meghin Delaney, Bradenton Herald, Dec. 28, 2015

• • Homeschoolers Speak Out Following Death of Janiya Thomas, by Rick Adams, ABC 7, Dec. 9, 2015

• • Home-Schooling Offers Hope, by John Larabell, The New American, Dec. 8, 2015

• • Oversight-Hating Christian Homeschool Lobby Enables Tragedies like Kansas Dad Who Fed Boy to Pigs, by David Ferguson, Raw Story, Dec. 7, 2015

• • Deaths of Home-Schooled Kids across U.S. Shocking, but Lawmakers Reluctant to Create New Rules, by Bill Draper, Associated Press, Dec. 6, 2015

• • Lack of Accountability Leaves Some Oklahoma Home-Schoolers Behind, KGOU (Oklahoma City), Nov. 30, 2015

• Texas Case Explores Home Schooling Regulations, HuffPost Live, Nov. 3, 2015
• Payton Davis, How much freedom do parents have when homeschooling children? Texas case to decide, The Deseret News, Nov 3, 2015
• Christian homeschoolers in Texas accused of not educating kids due to ‘rapture’, Reuters, Nov 3, 2015
• Local home-school families react to Texas Supreme Court case, CBS 19, Nov. 1, 2015
• Can Texas Districts Require Proof that Homeschooled Children Are Learning? Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, 2015
• Local home-school families react to Texas Supreme Court case, CBS 19, Nov. 1, 2015
• Do Home-Schooled Kids Actually Have To Learn, CBS News, Nov. 1, 2015
• Tragic Death Leads National Group to Call for Changes in Florida Home School Law, ABC Action News, Oct. 23, 2015
• Mom of Bradenton Girl Found Dead In Freezer Faces Another Charge, WFLA Channel 8, Oct. 21, 2015
• Homeschool Advocates Concerned About Legal Loopholes After Bradenton Girl Goes Missing, Bradenton Herald, Oct. 21, 2015
• Lyz Lenz, Raashanai’s story: the dark side of home-schooling, The Guardian, Oct 19, 2015
• Rise in Homeschooling: New Approaches, and Fewer Regulations, New Hampshire Public Radio, Oct 12, 2015
• Scrutinizing SD’s Home Schools, The Daily Republic, Sep. 26, 2015
• Home Schooling: Basic Safeguards for Kids, Al Jazeera America, Sep. 23, 2015
• Rise in Homeschooling: New Approaches, Fewer Regulations, The Exchange NHPR, Sep. 22, 2015
• The Frightening Power of the Home-Schooling Lobby, Slate, Aug. 27, 2015
• Jessica Huseman, Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulation, ProPublica, Aug 27, 2015
• Duggar Case Raises Questions on Risk, Reporting, Re-Offending, New England Psychology, Aug. 21 2015
• Rachel Coleman radio interview, Tommy Tucker of WWL First News in New Orleans, Aug. 31, 2015
• Which Vaccination Exemptions Are Allowed By Alaska, Newsmax, Jul. 20, 2015
• Michigan’s Homeschooling Law Comes Under Scrutiny, Detroit Free Press, Jun. 1, 2015
• Rachel Coleman radio interview, The Mitch Albom Show, June 1, 2015
• Katrease Stafford, Lack of home-schooling oversight comes under scrutiny, Detroit Free Press, June 1, 2015
• Rachel Coleman radio interview, Capital City Recap with Michael Cohen, June 1, 2015
• Efforts to Regulate Home Schooling Rekindle Controversies, Education Week, May 12, 2015
• Should Homeschool Players Play? TexasHSFootball.Com, April 21, 2015
• A House Divided, Texas Observer, Apr. 20, 2015
• The Troubling Push to Deregulate Homeschooling, Religion and Politics, Feb. 17, 2015
• Homeschooling in Oklahoma: Views from the Inside, KFOR News Channel 4, Feb. 10, 2015
• These States Don’t Require Vaccinations for Home-School Students, Huffington Post, Feb. 5, 2015
• Sarah Rivera, What Homeschooling Actually Looks Like, Noodle, Jan 21, 2015
• Editorial: Alabama Needs Reasonable Regulation of Home Schooling, The Montgomery Advertiser, Jan. 20, 2015
• The deregulation of homeschooling? Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, WHYY, Jan. 13, 2015
• By Donald Bradley, Do home-schoolers need government oversight? Christian Science Monitor, Jan 12, 2015
• As Home-School Numbers Rise, Regulation Falls, The Kansas City Star, Jan. 10, 2015
• Editorial: Homeschooling Still Needs Reasonable Regulations, The Pitt News, Jan. 6, 2015
• Homeschooling: More Pupils, Less Regulation, by Motoko Rich, New York Times, Jan. 4, 2015

2014

• Our View: Keep home-schooling standards, The Sentinel, Oct. 25, 2014
• Bill that would end district-level review of homeschooling in Pennsylvania goes to Corbett, by Megan Harris, Trib Live, Oct. 24, 2014
• Options and Support for Homeschooling Boom, by Carrie Marovich, Cabinet Report, Oct. 6, 2014
• ‘Anonymous Tip’: Homeschooling’s Obsession With ‘False’ Reports Of Child Abuse, by Josh Israel, Think Progress, Sept. 10, 2014
• Why Conservative Christian Homeschoolers Are Fighting Standards That Don’t Apply To Them, by Josh Israel, Think Progress, August 26, 2014
• Opposing views on homeschool regulation by Daniel Devine, World Magazine, Aug 26, 2014
• Homeschool Debate: Back to School; How To Keep a Few Bad Apples from Spoiling the Bushel, by Daniel Devine, World Magazine, Aug. 22, 2014
• Home Schooling: Do Parents Give Their Kids a Good Education? by Marcia Clemmitt, Congressional Quarterly Researcher, March 7, 2014
• Christy Knockleby, Homeschooling, both religious and secular, and the need for accountability, Christy’s Houseful of Chaos, Mar 6, 2014
• Talking to Heather Doney and Rachel Coleman About Child Abuse, the Quiverfull Movement and Homeschooling Policy Reform, by Rachel Lazerus, The Hairpin, March 5, 2014
• Why Are Christian Fundamentalist Parents Allowed to Deny Their Kids Basic Literacy? by M. Dolon Hickmon, AlterNet, Jan. 23, 2014
• Should Home-Schooling Be Regulated More? by David Martin, Al Jazeera America, Jan. 21. 2014

2013

• The Homeschool Apostates, by Kathryn Joyce, The American Prospect, Dec. 4, 2013
• Hana’s Story: An Adoptee’s Tragic Fate, and How It Could Happen Again, by Kathryn Joyce, Slate, Nov. 9, 2013