Protecting Homeschool Freedom for the Next Generation
This post is our seventh of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. You may read our other posts here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. TESTIMONY: Dr. Susan Lockwood and I am the director of Juvenile Education…
This post is our sixth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) nor IAHE Action knew about this meeting until after the fact. You may read our other posts…
IAHE Action is disappointed to learn that Governor Pence has reversed his decision and decided to apply for federal funding to expand early childhood education in Indiana. Here is Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE)’s statement to the Associated Press (AP) about it: “Given the recent evidence casting doubt on the lasting benefits of early…
Homeschool Student Essay Contest Sponsored by our liberty-loving friends at the Coalition of Central Indiana Tea Parties Topic Explain why the Federal Government does not have the Constitutional authority to be involved in education. Age groups: 16 through 18 12 through 15 Rewards: $500 first place $250 second place Copies of the winning essays will be…
IAHE Action will begin a discussion with Indiana home educators about the classic book, The Law, by Frederic Bastiat. We will post discussion questions in the IAHE Action Facebook group beginning on June 1, 2016. Complete details are on our earlier blog post. We hope you will join us!
Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) receives many questions from new homeschoolers. Unfortunately, a frequent question that they receive relates to a form that some schools are misapplying. When a high school student leaves the public school to begin home education, only then should the school ask them to sign the form. Often parents of…
IAHE Action recently received questions related to the National Household Education Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S Department of Education. Some homeschool families in Indiana have reported that they have received this survey as many as four times. We asked Home School Legal…
This post is our fifth of nine installments regarding the transcript from the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing that was held on February 17, 2016. Neither Indiana Association of Home Educators (IAHE) nor IAHE Action knew about this meeting until after the fact. You may read our other posts…
IAHE Action Board member, Camille Cantwell, recently spoke on her life, parental rights and home education on the RadioNext internet program with Dr. Mark Eckel. It was very informative as she covered a variety of topics from parenting to homeschool liberty to IAHE Action’s work at the Statehouse on behalf of homeschool families. You can…
During the recent IAHE Action Government Affairs panel at the 2016 IAHE Convention, State Representative Tom Washburne (R-HD 64 Evansville) mentioned there is a difference between freedom and liberty. We asked him if he would share his thoughts with home educators. “Give me freedom, or give me death!” — right? Wrong. We all know…