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At the recent NCHEA Legislative Day. we were privileged to hear from Governor Pete Ricketts, Lt. Governor Mike Foley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Mike Heavican, Chief Deputy Attorney General Dave Bydalek, representatives of other state offices, and fifteen...

During the nineteenth century, every state in the country abandoned the Biblical view that the education of children is a parental responsibility, and each one set up a system of government schools that made all children eligible to be educated at public expense. ...

In the spring of 1997, I felt the stories of the pioneers who blazed the trail for homeschool freedom in Nebraska needed to be told. I wrote a booklet entitled "Victory in Jesus," subtitled "The Battle For Christian Educational Freedom in Nebraska 1977-1984." The...

As homeschool moms, we've all been there—too much to do in too little time. I remember the month of December as especially hectic: presents to buy and wrap, goodies to bake, decorations to put up, and special meals to make. And then a mom was also expected to have a...

Our Homeschool Story During the fall of 1980, my husband and I became convinced that God wanted us to remove our first-grade daughter from the public school and give her a Christian education.  We began to homeschool her at the beginning of January 1981. Later that...

Why Should I Believe You? The eldest of our children attended public school for kindergarten and the first half of first grade.  My husband and I tried to prepare her for anything she might encounter that would go against our Christian beliefs.  One of the most likely...