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One CHEWV Family’s Experience with Dual Enrollment

One CHEWV Family’s Experience with Dual Enrollment

by Mrs. B. | May 8, 2024 | Articles, High School

Taking dual enrollment classes during high school is an affordable way to start college early. WV Institute of Technology offers distance learning classes that are available to homeschoolers around the state. Here’s the experience of one WV homeschooling mom with WVU...
They Grow So Quickly!

They Grow So Quickly!

by Lorrie Young | Mar 11, 2024 | Articles, Encouragement

by Lorrie Young It happened the other day. I was enjoying a nice sunny day, sitting on the porch as the kids played around me. My baby girl came over with a flower she had picked for me. As she ran by, my mind seemed to play the scene in slow motion. As the warm...
Child Abuse, Homeschooling, and Due Process

Child Abuse, Homeschooling, and Due Process

by CHEWV | Jan 11, 2024 | Articles, Legislative

A persistent legislative effort to address child abuse by restricting homeschooling is expected again this session. Consistent with a nationwide media message, legislators characterize homeschooling as the hiding place for abuse. Yet countering those arguments is not...
Legislation: A Wall of Separation

Legislation: A Wall of Separation

by CHEWV | Jan 11, 2024 | Articles, Legislative

Gearing up for the 2024 Legislative Session A September 5th CATO Institute briefing correctly differentiates various states’ ESA (Educational Spending Account) legislation by how they do or do not protect privately-funded homeschooling. West Virginia is one of several...
Does it Matter if Schooling at Home is “Homeschooling?”

Does it Matter if Schooling at Home is “Homeschooling?”

by CHEWV | Dec 6, 2023 | Articles, Legislative, WV Law

“The problem for us as home school leaders… is that in the minds of many, if you are at home with your kids, the distinction about whether you get state money or not is irrelevant,” lamented HSLDA President Jim Mason as reported in a 2023 Washington Examiner article....
Painless, Peaceful Advent

Painless, Peaceful Advent

by CHEWV | Dec 6, 2023 | Articles, Uncategorized

If you’re like us, you’ve often had good intentions during advent season. You want to bring a more peaceful meaning to the celebration of Christ’s coming, but despite your best intentions, everything just flies by in busyness! Instead of adding to the fray, CHEWV...
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    Legislative Update April 1, 2025

    Legislative Update April 1, 2025

    Apr 1, 2025

    CHEWV has been following the progress of HB 2777, a bill that makes several changes to the private homeschooling exemption in 18-8-1. The bill, which has existed in three different iterations in the last week, has just passed the House and been referred to the Senate....

    Legislative Update: March 12, 2025

    Legislative Update: March 12, 2025

    Mar 12, 2025

    The 2025 legislative session is well underway. CHEWV has been watching introduced legislation and committee agendas to see what bills start to move in committees. So far, four homeschool-related bills have been introduced, none of which has moved beyond introduction....

    Support Groups vs. Co-ops: Is There a Difference?

    Support Groups vs. Co-ops: Is There a Difference?

    Mar 12, 2025

    We often talk interchangeably about support groups and co-ops, but they are actually two different entities. It’s possible that most homeschooling parents today have never really experienced a support group. In the early homeschooling years, support groups began to...

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