Home education reaches back to the roots of the nation and the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and Douglas Mac-Arthur. Here in Greater Houston, a new generation of homeschoolers hopes to follow in their footsteps.

Homeschooling has been legal in all 50 states for more than a decade. With their children now adults and on the far side of college, some Houston families aren’t surprised that statistics are affirming their choice to teach their children at home.
When they started homeschooling their oldest daughter 19 years ago, David and Cathy Strassner, who live on the north side of Houston, were long on passion, but found resources in short supply. Friends planted the idea when they told the Strassners they had decided to homeschool their daughter.
"It was a cutting-edge idea at the time," said David, "but the educational environment in New Orleans, where we lived then, made us really think about it. At the time I thought it was really ‘out there,’ but their daughter is attending Harvard Law School. And that says a lot."
Focusing on the possibilities, Cathy went hunting for resources as she planned to educate their seven children at home.

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