For Immediate Release Contact: Stephen Howsley Email: stephen.howsley@thsc.org Phone: (469) 759-0375 LUBBOCK, TEXAS—July 27, 2018 It is long overdue that voters elect a conservative champion for Texas family values in Texas Senate District 19. Therefore, Texas Home School Coalition has … [Read more...]
Eternal Vigilance: The Cost of Liberty
Throughout history, threats to freedom have always existed. From biblical times to more modern ones, there are always those who seek to take away God-given freedoms—and those who are willing to overcome that opposition. Threats Back Then Recently, I was reading the book of Esther, and I realized … [Read more...]
Primary Voter Turnout: You Made A Difference!
At THSC, we believe that families raising their children is a God-given right and that families should be empowered to raise the next generation of leaders. The candidates that THSC endorsed hold these values as well. The need was great, and you met it with incredible primary voter turnout in … [Read more...]
All Hat and No Cattle
I'm always amazed that every Republican in Texas runs as a family values-based conservative when they are seeking election or re-election, even though their voting record is often debatable as to whether they are really conservative. Some legislators start as champions for Texas families and then … [Read more...]
Now: The Appointed Time to Defend Our Freedom
I have written and talked about the potential risk facing Texas homeschoolers due to the national effort underway to regulate homeschooling based on the the Turpin abuse case in California. This coupled with the concerted effort by public school unions to get Democratic voters to vote in the … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Amazing Homeschool Families
Despite concerted efforts from anti-family groups to brand homeschooling as a haven for abusers, there are hundreds of thousands of amazing homeschool families who demonstrate the reasons why this movement is the fastest-growing educational alternative and has been sweeping the country for 30 … [Read more...]
Public School Lobby Electioneering with Tax Dollars
The Texas attorney general has issued an opinion in response to a request from a state senator on the legality of Texas public schools using taxpayer time and resources to electioneer in the upcoming Republican primary. The controversial measure that has been adopted by many public school boards … [Read more...]
L.A. Times: Widespread and Disturbing Homeschooling Pattern
While THSC has been sounding the alarm about the public education establishment lining up to oppose candidates in the Republican primary that support homeschooling, the latest horror story in California has prompted national calls for legislation specifically targeting homeschool families with … [Read more...]
What Keeps Us Free to Homeschool?
Homeschoolers like being free. In fact, there is probably nothing that homeschoolers agree on more than the desire for families to be able to raise their children how they see best. However, many families don’t realize how easy it is to lose that freedom. So what keeps us free? The answer is … [Read more...]
Homeschooling Wrongly Implicated in California Child Torture Case
A horrific story from California regarding an abusive family who was allegedly homeschooling has burst onto the national scene. The family had 13 children ranging in age from two to 29. Yes, I said 29! According to the reports, the children are small and malnourished, and the seven adult … [Read more...]