Homeschool Associations

Christian Home Educators of Ohio
New, far more complete website now. CHEO seeks to preserve the God-given, constitutional right to home educate, and to support and encourage families in fulfilling this Biblical responsibility.

Christian Home Educators of Cincinnati
Christian Home Educators of Cincinnati (CHEC) was founded in 1987 through the joining together of east and westside homeschool support groups to create a citywide organization. These pioneering home-educating families responded to God's call to assist and encourage all families who desired to incorporate their children's academic and spiritual education directly into their family life. Over the years, CHEC has grown to encompass a number of like-minded, geographically-based support groups located throughout the greater Cincinnati area.

Christian Home Educators Stark County Association
CHESCA supports and encourages parents committed to educating their children at home. Decidedly Christian and family-oriented, CHESCA seeks to serve homeschooling parents through activities, encouraging fellowship and seminars, and political involvement. CHESCA is open to like-minded homeschoolers of all ages, shapes and sizes!

heclc · Home Educators' Cooperative Learning Community, Inc.
This a members-only discussion group with 501(c)3 (non-profit) designation. There are no membership fees at this time, joining the group is free of charge.Our Mission Statement is: To provide information, resources and support to home educators, their families, and those interested in home education. To coordinate educational and social opportunities in a cooperative, nurturing and multigenerational environment for adults, teens and children. To promote an open and inclusive community for home educators to interact in an atmosphere of respect and dignity. Participation is open to anyone of any belief system, creed, race, gender, age, national origin, or educational philosophy or family type. [website]

LDS Home Educators Association
Every home is a homeschool. Some families have only a few minutes of family time each day; others have many hours to be together because the children are educated at home instead of at school. Although this website is designed for full time homeschoolers, we hope all families will find ideas here to make their homeschool happier. Before the Savior comes, the children will come home.

African-American Unschooling
Conservative figures estimate that African Americans make up 5-10% of the general homeschooling population. This web site and the companion support groups, serves to meet the needs of families striving to raise spiritually whole and healthy African-American children.

Akron Roman Catholic Home Educators
We are a group of families who have chosen to educate some, or all, of our children at home. As a Catholic support group, we are committed to following Jesus Christ as instructed and led by the Magisterium (teaching authority) of the Roman Catholic Church. We are diverse in our schooling approaches, but united in our desire to raise our children to be steadfast disciples of Jesus, full of wisdom and faith, lacking nothing (James 1:4). In the spirit of ecumenism, we welcome families of all faiths.

Buddhist-homeschool · Buddhists Homeschoolers
We are a group of parents who are Buddhists or simply have a strong interest in Buddhism and who are homeschooling their children. If you are homeschooling or planning to homeschool, you are welcome to join this list. We accept all Buddhist sects and work to keep our information "generic" to the Dharma and Buddha's teachings. Posting of general homeschool-related information and links is also welcome.

DaytonAreaHomeschoolers · Dayton Area Homeschoolers
All are welcome to join this free group. There are no requirements to join, and no boards or committees. We are an informal, inclusive group of homeschoolers, or those interested in learning more about homeschool, in the Dayton Ohio area. We have no religious affiliation. The main idea: to share info, go on field trips, teach or participate in co-op classes in all subjects, support each other in whatever method of homeschooling we use.

The Evolved Homeschooler
Welcome to The Evolved Homeschooler Wiki. This is intended to be a central resource to collect and maintain the best of the homeschool community on the Web. The idea is that rational homeschoolers are welcome to create their own page on the wiki and maintain a set of links or a collection of articles that represent their personal "best of." The criteria for eligibility is simple. You must believe that evolution is the best explanation we have today to explain how life has progressed on planet Earth. If evolution is compatible with your religion (or lack thereof) feel free to create your page here.

GOHome · Gifted Ohio Homeschoolers
GiftedOhioHomeschoolers is for parents homeschooling or considering homeschooling a gifted child in Ohio. We are here to network with other parents, exchange ideas and information, share concerns and give support. We believe giftedness comes in many forms and that there is no one right way to educate. Therefore, we are very tolerant of each other's differences including world-view, religion and philosophy of education. Folks in surrounding areas are welcome too.

Home School Network of Cincinnati
We are a network of families helping each other to educate our children at home. We do not advocate any particular method, style, or philosophy of home schooling, but help families to connect with one another, and to find the information & resources that they need. Our members come from southern Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Our children range in age from infants to graduating seniors.

Homeschooling Freethinkers, Atheists and Humanists!
Homeschooling Freethinkers supports the international non-religious homeschool community, which includes secular humanist, atheist, agnostic, freethinking, rationalist, and skeptic homeschoolers. The information on this site reflects the suggestions and recommendations of the members of our Discussion Forums. According to Wikipedia, "freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logic and not be influenced by emotion, authority, tradition, or any dogma. The cognitive application of freethought is known as freethinking, and practitioners of freethought are known as freethinkers."

HSandMORE · HomeSchooling Families -- East Columbus - an email list.

INCHESgroup · Inclusive North Columbus Home Education
Welcome to INCHESgroup! INCHES stands for Inclusive North Columbus Home Education Support. Inclusive means that it is open to anyone regardless of race, religion, home school styles, parenting styles, etc. Public online charter school and "08" school families are welcome to join our support group and participate in our activities.

JewishHomeSchoolers
The focus of this list will be to provide homeschooling support and resources to Jewish homeschoolers of all levels of observance. ("messianic" is not an observance level--please search for a christian group.) Appropriate topics include curriculum choices, teaching tips, and holiday observances. This informal relaxed list is restricted and discussion will be limited to homeschooling and Judaism only.

The Militry homeschooler - Serving homeschoolers in the United States, and around the world.
Military homeschoolers are a subset of two subsets. As military family members we walk like Americans, we talk like Americans but, despite having American citizenship and, for the most part, having been raised as Americans, we're not your run of the mill citizen. As homeschoolers we join support groups, we gather materials, and we are as diverse as the rest of the homeschooling community, but we're almost perennially strangers in a strange land.

OHEN - Ohio Home Educators Network
Ohio Home Educators Network (OHEN) is a regional network of homeschooling families. We are an inclusive group supporting families of all religious beliefs.

secular_homeschoolers · Secular Homeschoolers
Are you tired of wading through all the religious rhetoric and intolerance when it comes to homeschooling your kids? Do you just want a place to come together with other people like yourself who are homeschooling for non-religious reasons? Then you have come to the right group! This is the place to find all kinds of secular resources and where you can get non-religious opinions on home education curriculum.

Thinking Parents
This project was originally named Thinking Homeschoolers, however Thinking Parents sort of took over on its own. I can't change the name of the wiki page, so we are stuck with it. The idea behind Thinking Parents is to give us an excuse to think and write about something other than curriculum decisions or the latest dumb ass statement from HSLDA. (If you are offended by the HSLDA comment you really shouldn't be here.) Every two weeks we'll release a new topic. Any homeschooler that wants to write about that topic simply does so on their own blog and provides a link here. This page will hold the index of topics and schedule of future topics.

youngstownhomeschoolers Youngstown Ohio Homeschoolers
This is an inclusive support group for all branches of homeschooling. Inclusive means that it is open to anyone regardless of race, religion, home school style, parenting style, etc. Public online charter school and "08" school families are welcome to join our support group and participate in our activities. We do not have membership fees and all that is required to join is to show up at an activity or subscribe to the e-list.

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Christian Home Educators Co-op
Christian Home Educators Co-op (CHEC) is an organization comprised of Christian homeschooling families, having the intent and purpose of promoting Christian homeschooling and providing support, resources, activities, and Christian fellowship to its members. CHEC is open to Christian families who are homeschooling at least one child K4* or older effective September of the current school year. Membership is restricted to families who have been excused from compulsory education
Ohio-Home Educators Network.

DaytonCatholicHomeschoolNetwork · Dayton Catholic Homeschool Network
The Dayton Catholic Homeschool Network is a site where families of the Miami Valley can network. This group's primary purpose is to facilitate communication about events and other items of interest to the Dayton Catholic Homeschool community.

Homeschool Network of Greater Cincinnati
We are a network of families helping each other to educate our children at home. We do not advocate any particular method, style, or philosophy of home schooling, but help families to connect with one another, and to find the information & resources that they need. Our members come from southern Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Our children range in age from infants to graduating seniors.

Ohio Home Education Coalition (OHEC)
The Ohio Home Education Coalition is an open, inclusive coalition of interested homeschoolers who come together to raise awareness of issues facing homeschoolers in Ohio. This is a statewide group.

OHEN - Ohio Home Educators Network
Ohio Home Educators Network (OHEN) is a regional network of homeschooling families. We are an inclusive group supporting families of all religious beliefs.

OHHomeEducatorsNetwork · Ohio Home Educators Network
This site is for OHEN Members to visit, ask questions about home education in Ohio and connect with one another. Please feel free to add a link to your local group or add your name to the database if you are willing to be a local contact for new homeschoolers. Please DO list activities since the OHEN Newsletter is no longer published. Teachers and tutors, please share your name, contact information and a brief description of your resources in the FILE section under teachers and tutors.

The Pagan Home Education Network
The Pagan Home Education Network is focused on the needs of parents of Alternative Cultures of Faith. These Parents have chosen to participate in their child's education and development, for whatever reason. We hold the proposition that we should educate all children intelligently … even if they are little heathens.

HUUmans on the Web - Webpage for Unitarian Universalist Homeschoolers and Kindred Spirits
This site is a vehicle for the sharing of ideas and will interest a wide range of people - from Unitarian Universalist families who may or may not be homeschooling to those who are interested in homeschooling but may or may not be UU. This is a place where open minds can consider alternatives to traditional public education.