• Nervous and Excited: This Public School Teacher Knew She Didn’t Want Her Children Attending Her School

    We recently received an amazing email from a mom after she watched Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution. Sherrie and her husband are both public school teachers in New York City, but Sherrie heard about Schoolhouse Rocked on the Parenting with Ginger Hubbard podcast and her curiosity led her to watch the film. Here’s what she had to say… “I just wanted to say thank you for creating such a well done, modern and balanced representation of homeschooling in our country. It was not only inspirational and motivating for me who is still equally nervous as I am excited, but it also affirmed our decision to homeschool for the very first time.It’s funny and truly sad how…

  • Equal Poverty For All: A Miserable Goal for Education

    Yvette and I got to do one of our favorite things over the weekend. We attended a homeschool conference in Moore, Oklahoma where we showed Schoolhouse Rocked and spoke on a few panels. More importantly, we got to connect with homeschooling families. We always leave these conferences encouraged and energized. We were once again struck by how many NEW homeschooling families were there. One of the most important things that COVID-19 did was open millions of parents’ eyes to how desperately public schools were failing. And many parents chose to bring their children home for good! By What Measure? But is the public school system actually failing? From the consumer perspective…

  • Unexpected homeschool journey

    Our Unexpected Homeschool Journey

    Over the years, I have seen a lot of people give reasons why they can’t homeschool their children. I understand it, I really do. Before I started homeschooling my son, I was convinced that I would never be able to do it, either. Two weeks before my son asked me to homeschool him, I was talking with a couple of ladies I’d recently met. When I found out that they homeschooled, my first reaction was something along the lines of, “I’m sure it’s great, but y’all are nuts.” (Yes, I live in the South!) Our Unexpected Homeschool Journey Fast forward a couple of weeks to my son’s first day at…