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A Registered Sex Offender Explains His Opposition to Homeschool Regulation
"I think it really complicates issues, and I don’t feel like that justifies the extreme hardship it would put on my family if we weren’t allowed to…
 • Tony Delvecchio and Fennick Nym
Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It
Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses…
 • Tony Delvecchio and Fennick Nym
The 2025 MASSHope Homeschool Convention
In 2016, Homeschool pioneer Rick Boyer was accused of grooming a minor and disappeared from the movement he helped build. Eight years later he returned…
 • Tony Delvecchio
The HSLDA's Forgotten InfoWars Appearances
From 2002 to 2007, the HSLDA appeared as guests on Alex Jones’ infamous radio show, InfoWars. Here are their episodes.
 • Tony Delvecchio
"This is About Control"
Homeschool's institutions swarmed Virginia's Capitol to maintain religious exemption from education. The episode displays their role in silencing…
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Pensacola Christian Segregation Academy
Abeka and Pensacola Christian were not integrated until the 1970s, and have lied about their desegregation story for decades. Their profiteering of…
 • Tony Delvecchio
Attending the Illinois "Homeschool Freedom Celebration" in La Grange Park
To celebrate killing Homeschool accountability, Koch Brother's AFP threw celebrations for Illinois Homeschoolers & introduced the former GOP LG…
 • Tony Delvecchio and Fennick Nym
Report: I Went to the Massachusetts Homeschool Convention (and Interviewed a Fucking Creep)
I visited Massachusetts for the region's largest Homeschool convention. I felt sick the whole time, talked with the creeps who make these events…
 • Tony Delvecchio
Heidi St. John Diagnosed with Tumor. Michael Farris Testifies to Trump’s Anti-Christian Bias Task Force. And HB 2827 Stalls in Illinois.
April 28th, 2025 Newsletter
 • Tony Delvecchio
Terra Costa Howard Receives Death Threats. Nick Freitas Announces He Will Not Run For Reelection. And a List of 2000 Homeschool…
April 7th, 2025 Newsletter
 • Tony Delvecchio
Help protect homeschool students in Illinois
A closer look at HB 2827
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Christian Homeschooling’s Hidden Currents: The LGBTQ Experience
As millions of queer kids start school this week, many will be learning at home with parents who believe that being LGBTQ is a sin.
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