HEFPodcast

HEFPodcast

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, HEF Founder, & Jason Crawford, Lobbyist and the new voice for homeschool freedom, and his wife Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida. Get informed, inspired, and connected! Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida's homeschool families. Please support HEF to protect Florida Parents' Home Education Rights. www.flhef.org Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X: @flhef1985 JOIN OUR DISCORD! https://discord.gg/BH2zJcBQgC

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November 17, 2025 53 mins

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.

Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida's ho...

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Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida's ho...

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Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.


Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida'...

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Today's Topic: Support Good Leaders, Parents' Rights, Freedom in setting standards, Home Education, and VIDEO GAMES! - that's right BRENDA asks Jason about VIDEO GAMES IN HIS EDUCATIONAL APPROACH.

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discus...

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Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida's homeschool...
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Topic: Committee Meetings started last week. They covered the state of the Education system, issues, and previous goals and what worked and didn't work. Now this week they will be discussing what we'll do moving forward. We also talk about the scholarship program, and clearing up where Home Education Foundation stands on these issues. Can you take the money and keep your freedom? What is a real homeschooler? What's really going on?...
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Guest Spotlight by Brenda Dickinson: Ccrawfordwriting.com Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's pr...

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Today's Topic: They are YOUR CHILDREN. Not the Community's children, nor the state, nor the public school's nor the district's...Your children.Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get i...

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Today's topic: Abdication and Freedom. Home Education, Scholarships, school boards, public schools, superintendents, predatory programs, and...parents. Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed...
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September 15, 2025 54 mins
Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida's homeschool...
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Today's Topic: Alachua County School Board Meeting - HEF REACTS!We have a special guest with us today, Bill Mattox from the James Madison Institute. We're SO thankful for them joining us today, and all the ways in which they're been helpful with connections, relationships, invitations to discussions, and even donating pocket constitutions for us to hand out at the homeschool events around the state. Today, we discuss the September ...
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TODAY YOU MET THE CHALLENGE!!!

And we're talking about FLVS Part 2

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.

Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, l...

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Today's Topic: Today we have a special guest Mike Lassiter from FLVS.

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.

Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Togeth...

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Topic Today: Back to School Time - or is it?

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and prom...

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Topic Today: What's up with Alachua and how do I start educating my own children?


If you're watching the educational situation in Florida and the backlash to the School Choice movement, and you want to start taking matters into your own hands and educating your own children - YOU CAN. It's important to know HOW. Today's episode is dedicated to that. Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist ...

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Topic Today: Is Homeschooling Hard? What the history of homeschooling can teach us about how to do it.


Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.


Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questio...

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Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.


Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, let's protect and promote educational freedom for Florida'...

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Today's Topic: Is Homeschooling a choice of convenience or conviction? What does that mean? Do you NEED a scholarship? How do we protect parents' rights in education?


What do the Mullins Family, and other Florida Families have in common? Find out in today's episode!

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and C...

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Today's Topic: So many new homeschool families, and your rights as parents. How do you start homeschooling? Is it hard? What do you really need to do? What if I have a scholarship? Do I need to withdraw from public school? Do I need to send in a letter of intent with the County? What is homeschool culture? Is the scholarship really stealing money from public schools (NO!)?

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran l...

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Today's Topic: We have Reagan with us who is a recent homeschool grad.

Every Monday at Noon, join Brenda Dickinson, a veteran lobbyist for parent-directed education, Jason Crawford, the new voice for homeschool freedom, and Crystal Crawford, connecting the homeschool community, for a lively discussion on all things homeschooling in Florida.

Get informed, inspired, and connected! We welcome your questions and participation. Together, ...

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