Deconstructing the Coliseum is the organization that promotes civil government school system abolition.
Today I am highlighting the National Home Education Research Institute founded by Dr. Brian D. Ray. NHERI specializes in homeschool research.
On January 3, 2011 Dr. Ray estimated 2.04 million home school students in the United States during 2010. His estimation report is posted on NHERI.org. For his report, “To get the best possible data, the researcher considered past research, sources of data from state and federal government agencies, and dialogue with researchers and others familiar with the homeschool population to discover possible sources of data for this study. Several independent sources of data were targeted.”
The reason I am citing this organization and Dr. Ray’s homeschool population estimation is because I want every parent and child involved in home education to know there are a lot of you out there. You comprise a critical mass of people who are mainly doing what they are doing because of your commitment to Jesus Christ and the Christian worldview. I want you to be encouraged that there are so many of you out there. Reach out to one another and help one another, and over the years there will be millions more of you. Eventually in America all education will be private.
There are also many parents out there who want to privately educate your children, but you are unable to do so because the civil government is overtaxing you, and the economy is in such bad shape that you are unable to provide your child with a Christ-centered education. If that is you, then I encourage you to reach out to homeschool parents, to see if they can help you. Do not be bashful. The homeschool community is full of parents who are willing to do what it takes, and it may be the case that you can get some help from others.
I hope you try and I hope God blesses you with the ability to home educate your children. It is true that our children deserve nothing less than a Christ-exalting and Christ-centered education; but more importantly, God deserves nothing less than the heart and mind of each child, so God Himself can be more glorified.
Civil government school system ABOLITION