CHEA Turns Forty

40th Anniversary, Homeschool

by Katie Julius “If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” – Pearl S. Buck To many, it is a surprise that private home education is not highly regulated by the government in California. After all, most everything else is. However, this is no...

Back to School: Ten Homeschooling Concerns

Encouragement, Homeschool

by Deborah Wuehler, Senior Editor, The Old Schoolhouse  When you think of “back to school” what comes to mind? The smell of new books, new crayons, or new fear? Perhaps you are re-evaluating your homeschool decision because of concerns you have? In my...

More Homeschool Myths: Busted

Homeschool

by Katie Julius Earlier this year, we brought you an article about some of the most common myths about home education in California. Unfortunately, there are still many misconceptions that parents and society have about homeschooling. Here we address some more of...

First Freedom

Homeschool, Legal Article

by John McGowan, Esq., CHEA Board of Directors “Spiritual freedom is the root of political liberty … As the union between spiritual freedom and political liberty seems nearly inseparable, it is our duty to defend both.”Thomas Paine If you hang out at enough CHEA...

What is the Definition of a Homeschooler?

Homeschool

by Rebecca Kocsis Back in the day That’s a great question. In the olden days of homeschooling—the days of yore—the answer was easy. You could be fairly certain that a homeschool family would fall into one of two camps. There was the traditional single-income family...

What Does Forty Years of Research Say to New Homeschool Families?

Decisions, Homeschool

by Dr. Brian Ray Although parent-directed family-based education is thousands of years old, the modern homeschool movement encompasses only about four decades. During that time, many scholars and researchers have treated homeschool parents, children, and whole...