Public school or homeschool? Stuckey says parents have more choices

Parents often frame the decision as public school versus homeschooling, but BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey says that leaves out other options. The bigger question, she argues, is whether a child’s education is centered on Christian beliefs.

That could mean homeschooling, a co-op, or a hybrid program. Christian schools come in different forms, including college-preparatory and classical schools, but Stuckey cautions that they can vary widely.

Parents considering a Christian school or hybrid program should visit and ask questions, she says. For Stuckey, a school’s reliance on technology is one thing to look into, and she says it would be a deal-breaker for her.

She also recommends reading the school’s statement of faith and finding out whether Christian beliefs are woven through the curriculum. Education, she says, should support parents in raising their children as disciples of Christ—not replace that responsibility.

Stuckey argues that public schools cannot provide the same kind of explicitly Christian teaching. Even a Christian teacher, she says, is not permitted to teach the Bible or share the gospel in the classroom, or to teach subjects such as history, English, math, and science through the belief that God created them.

In her view, the choice is not simply public school versus homeschooling. It is whether children spend much of their school week learning through a secular worldview or a Christian one. She says public school can mean thousands of hours of instruction, from kindergarten through 12th grade, from a perspective she considers opposed to God.

“To me, it’s a no-brainer,” Stuckey says, adding that she would not send her six-year-old into public kindergarten as a missionary.

Even if parents know and trust local public school teachers, Stuckey says, they should still ask whether those teachers are teaching the Bible or sharing the gospel. “Are they teaching John 3:16?”