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Do you need assurance that you are not alone in your quest to home educate your children? Do you need friendly support that you know you can go to when you need information, protection, or just more encouragement? MACHE wants to introduce you to three resources that will do just that.

National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) conducts and collects research about homeschooling and publishes the research journal, The Homeschool Researcher. NHERI has hundreds of research works documented and catalogued on homeschooling. If you need homeschool statistics to support your desire to educate your children at home, NHERI is the place to go.

American Home Education and Discipleship (AHEAD) conferences are sponsored by Christian, state-wide, family-focused, home education organizations throughout North America. Representing forty-eight affiliate state organizations with hundreds of years of homeschooling experience, you will find plenty of encouragement, curriculum, and support whether you are just thinking about...

From Grand Rapids to Rochester, Fergus Falls to Willmar, and metro areas in between, MÂCHÉ’s workshop presenters Sheila Bien and Sandy Norlin have gotten around. Their purpose is to work with host support groups to bring two popular and enlightening workshops to home educating families around the state. These workshops are a service provided by MÂCHÉ to inform families who are new to homeschooling or thinking about this educational option for their family. The workshops are also given to help parents with children moving into the high school years to give them solid information regarding that next step in the process.

Considering Homeschooling Workshop (CHW)

The Considering Homeschooling Workshop is a special workshop for families that are interested in gaining information to make an informed decision regarding home education as an option for their children. It also has helpful information for families that have recently begun homeschooling. It covers what the homeschooling lifestyle is like, curriculum choices, Minnesota statutes regarding home education, learning style options, benefits and costs, socialization and support groups, among...

What is NHERI?

NHERI is the National Home Education Research Institute. NHERI conducts and collects research about homeschooling and publishes the research journal called the Home School Researcher. The institute has hundreds of research works documented and catalogued on homeschooling, many of which were done by NHERI. Simply put, NHERI specializes in homeschool research.

NHERI exists to do the following things:

• To research those who teach their children at home;
• To publish the research journal called the Home School Researcher, which chronicles the current research being done about homeschooling;
• To speak to the media, legislators, and national organizations about the homeschooling movement, showing factual research about those who teach their children at home;
• To serve as conference speakers and teachers for groups interested in homeschooling; and
• To work with legislators on Capitol Hill, and with state/local legislators, on issues related to parental rights, the freedom we have to teach our children at home, and homeschoolers coordinating with local school officials.
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