Knives Out For Homeschooling
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The knives are out—and homeschool freedom is on the chopping block. In this episode, I expose the growing push by lawmakers to bring homeschooling under government control, with New Jersey leading the charge. I’m joined by Rose-Anne Uwague (Ro), a New Jersey homeschool mom and advocate on the front lines of this fight, to break down what these bills really mean and why every parent should be paying attention. This is a wake-up call for families who value parental rights and freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm glad you guys are here. Listen, if you |
| 0:04.4 | homeschool or if you've ever thought, I'm pretty thankful I have the freedom to homeschool, |
| 0:09.6 | you really need to be paying attention to what's happening. Lawmakers in New Jersey are |
| 0:13.9 | floating bills that would require homeschool families to register annually with the state, |
| 0:18.9 | submit curriculum that's assigned and aligned with government |
| 0:22.9 | standards, and then submit their children's work for outside evaluation. And if that sounds like |
| 0:28.3 | that's no big deal, that's exactly how we lose our freedom because this isn't about paperwork. |
| 0:33.7 | It's about control. I've got a wonderful guest joining me on the show to talk about this from New Jersey today. |
| 0:39.2 | And we're going to give you a little bit of a primer of the attacks that have been coming towards homeschooling in the last year and a half. |
| 0:45.8 | This is a really important episode, and I hope you'll stick around. |
| 0:49.0 | I think you're going to be encouraged. |
| 0:59.1 | No. encouraged. Thank you guys so much for tuning in today. |
| 1:01.7 | Today's podcast is being sponsored in part by my friends at the Functional Medical |
| 1:05.2 | Institute. |
| 1:06.4 | And by the way, they're also super fans of homeschool freedom. |
| 1:09.7 | Dr. |
| 1:10.0 | Mark and Michelle Sherwood, you can find out more about them by going to homeschoolhealth.com. |
| 1:15.1 | All right, you guys, I'm here today to sound the alarm about homeschool freedom and threats to homeschool freedom, |
| 1:21.1 | which really are on the rise here in the United States. |
| 1:24.9 | And the reason why, and this is just a great place to start, |
| 1:28.1 | the reason why people are attacking homeschooling freedom is because homeschooling is a freedom |
| 1:33.1 | movement. And once the government decides that it gets to, that it gets to approve how you |
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