July 27, 2026
Home education drives leftists crazy, as recent unhinged podcast demonstrates
USPIE: ‘They know a threat when they see it. Home-based education produces well-adjusted, knowledgeable and confident students who can think for themselves instead of parroting drivel from the brainwashing system that is government education’
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Home education in America keeps growing despite opposition from leftist teachers’ unions like the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, both of which are led by leftist women.
Home education’s continued success also seems to be infuriating online “influencers” like those on the radical leftist “I’ve Had It” podcast.
A July 14 segment of the show by co-hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan begins with an obscenity directed at Trump supporters and goes on to condemn home education as “weird as f—” and the “worst” idea.
“They know a threat when they see it,” said Sheri Few, Founder and President of United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE). “Home-based education produces well-adjusted, knowledgeable and confident students who can think for themselves instead of parroting drivel from the brainwashing system that is government education.”
The podcasters’ comments came in response to a caller to the show complaining about “morons attempting to homeschool their children” when they “probably shouldn’t have even had children to start with.”
The caller said she worries about “people in Bible study” home educating their kids. The hosts agreed, calling home education “trickle-down stupidity,” “weird as f—,” and linking it to what Welch called America’s “crazy Christian problem.”
“These far-left podcast hosts have put on blinders and know nothing about home education,” Few said. “Home education is a growing trend in the United States, and research shows that it produces the best results in raising successful children.”
According to the National Home Education Research Institute, about 3.4 million children in the United States are being home educated, or about 6% of the total number of kids being schooled.
A majority of studies on academic achievement “have revealed a positive effect for the homeschooled students compared to institutionally schooled students,” according to a study in the Peabody Journal of Education.
The home-educated typically score 15 to 25 percentile points above government-school students on standardized academic achievement tests.
“Regarding social and emotional development, 16 of 25 studies (64%) have shown clearly positive outcomes for the homeschooled compared to those in conventional schools,” the researchers said.
Despite its obvious advantages, home education has been under attack by left-wing politicians. In Connecticut, the Democrat-dominated legislature and governor enacted a home education regulation law in late May that subjects parents to burdensome regulations. Similar to their neighbors in Massachusetts, where families must notify state officials annually of their intent to home educate, tell officials what books will be used, and have children sit for state testing.
“Laws like these and others that seek to control home education are examples of an intrusive state, not the type of government envisioned by our Founding Fathers 250 years ago,” said Melanie Kurdys, USPIE’s Michigan chapter president and board member.
“Home education has become the last stronghold where parents have total autonomy to educate their children in the way they see fit.”
On an episode of USPIE’s podcast, “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few,” Few defends home education, breaking down why it produces the best results for children: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zNwk46bxaFWASNjkV7VPO
To hear more from USPIE’s Founder and President, Sheri Few, tune in to the latest episode of “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few,” on Tuesday, July 28, where Few is joined by Janae Daniels, a former middle school teacher turned home education mom, independent researcher and host of the “School to Homeschool” podcast. USPIE’s “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few” is a weekly podcast that exposes the dangers of education shaped by government bureaucrats and social engineers, while exploring practical ways to protect children and preserve America’s freedom. Listen to “Unmasking Government Schools with Sheri Few” on YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and X.
United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) is a nonprofit, nationwide coalition that is fighting to return education to its proper local roots and restore parental authority over their children’s education by helping parents and local communities to escape federal and other national influences. It is the vision of USPIE to create a culture where parents, empowered with the authority to choose what and how their children learn, are the undisputed primary educators of their children, where local schools operate in support of families, and where education is unencumbered by federal mandates.
USPIE’s powerful documentary, “Truth & Lies in American Education,” addresses some of the most glaring issues in the American education system and helps parents experience a paradigm shift in how they think about education and the role of their local schools. The film follows Few’s daughter-in-law, April, as she seeks to learn more about the system she was planning on exposing to her own children and learns the shocking truth. “Truth & Lies in American Education” is available for streaming on SalemNOW, as well as on DVD.
For more information on United States Parents Involved in Education, visit www.uspie.org or follow USPIE on Facebook or X.
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To interview a representative from United States Parents Involved in Education, contact Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Beth Bogucki, 610.584.1096, ext. 105, or Daniel Moyer, ext. 104.
