By: Joseph K. Woodard Brian D. Ray and Braden Hoelzle of the Oregon-based National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) have just published their research, “A National Study on the Academic Achievement of Homeschool Students and Parents’ Reasons for Homeschooling” (Peabody Journal of Education, 2026 CI.2). The title tells us most of what’s in it, except
By Joseph K. Woodard Clear scientific evidence shows that patriarchy — however understood — is deeply embedded in human consciousness, built into a child’s earliest experiences. The evidence emerged with the sexual revolution’s epidemic of fatherless homes and their undeniable pathologies: 300-to-500 percent increases in school drop-outs, criminal violence, teen pregnancies, self-harm, etc., etc. All
By: Joseph K. Woodard We’re all suffering from a ‘confusion of tongues.’ So many of our most important words have somehow gotten twisted, jumbled and blurred. Some call it tolerance. Some call it intolerance. Some call it liberation. Some call it insanity. But whatever it’s called, people are finding it harder and harder to have
By: Joseph K Woodward Among all our looming catastrophes — many of them overblown or imaginary, the West is now in a panic over the threat from Artificial Intelligence or AI. We’re facing the future of the movie Terminator, where our computers will prove so much smarter than us that they’ll simply take over, annihilating
Homeschooling Magazine For Canadians: Fall 2025 Issue Get professional advice, news, and educational insights about home education. For over 30 years, HSLDA Canada has been publishing a periodical for homeschooling parents. The Homeschool Review is an annual magazine filled with content geared to homeschooling families, especially related to legal matters, teaching approaches, homeschool groups/events,
By: Joseph K. Woodard We all have friends who are panicked by the growing anti-Christian and anti-family movements in our politics and popular culture. Our natural instinct is to retreat into a family stockade, hoping to be ignored. But as Christians, we’re not permitted to concede any defeat of the Kingdom of God. As Christians,
By: Joseph K. Woodard Reading classics like Anne of Green Gables, Farmer Boy, or To Kill a Mockingbird causes some of us parents to meditate on the adolescents portrayed in them — teenagers eager to master the virtues of free, responsible citizens. We wonder if our schools are getting it wrong. Our public schools seem
Conferences are a unique opportunity to hear great speakers, get answers to important questions, browse and buy curriculum, and make connections with other families in your area. While not every family can make it to a conference every year, there is great value in attending when you can. Everyone from those brand new to home
By Joseph K Woodard We know good families, totally devoted to their children, who’ve been blind-sided by the woke ‘identity politics’ confusing and hijacking their kids. In three cases, kids were adopted and mixed race; and despite being homeschooled, normal adolescent resentments were fueled by the reverse-racist air we breathe. But more commonly, kids who’ve
By: Joseph Woodard When picking books for their kids, new homeschooling moms will run into the mysterious phrase, “age appropriate,” and may throw up their hands, thinking there’s just one more issue where they lack all the required expertise. But Christian children’s librarians insist that there’s no reason to worry. Moms know better than any
