Paul & Gena Suarez
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Paul and Gena Suarez publish The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, a leading homeschooling magazine on the market.
Paul and Gena Suarez are at the forefront of a movement that champions homeschooling as a deeply personal and faith-infused educational path. Their journey, which included their seven fully homeschooled children who now range in age from 11 to their mid-30s, is a testament to their belief in the power of family-led education, underpinned by Christian values and a commitment to nurturing each child's unique path in a loving environment.
Since founding The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine in 2001, Paul and Gena have been dedicated to offering resources and support to homeschooling families around the globe. Beyond the magazine, their venture, SchoolhouseTeachers.com, has become a pivotal online platform, providing over 400 online, self-paced academic courses to thousands upon thousands of families worldwide, ensuring a comprehensive homeschooling experience.
Expanding their vision, the Suarezes introduced the Schoolhouse Network, a groundbreaking homeschool co-op model. This network allows families, through their membership with SchoolhouseTeachers.com, free access to local church-based Schoolhouses. These spaces offer parents and their children the opportunity to homeschool in community with others, leveraging the SchoolhouseTeachers.com platform as a centralized curriculum solution. This innovative approach fosters a sense of belonging and mutual support among homeschooling families, reinforcing the importance of community in the educational journey.
Residing in the scenic beauty of eastern Tennessee, Paul and Gena's life work revolves around empowering parents with the tools and inspiration needed for homeschooling. Their dedication to this cause is evident in their commitment to quality content, community building, and the promotion of a faith-based, Biblical worldview educational model. To connect with them or to explore their wealth of resources, you are invited to reach out to [email protected].
Session Titles
1. Homeschoolers in Business: Exploring AI to 10 X Your Productivity (via ChatGPT & DALL-E)
2. The Sordid History of Compulsory Education
Literacy in early America was at its highest until the responsibility for education was stolen from parents by the government. When nineteenth-century Massachusetts parents resisted new mandates to hand their children over to government schools, they were met swiftly with threats of violence. The long arm of the law won the battle by physically enforcing attendance, and literacy rates dropped like a rock after that.
Where did education begin in the first place, and how did it end up on its downward trajectory of today? Who were the men responsible for compulsory or "forced" schooling, and why did they crave it so? A standardized, one-size-fits-all education, synonymous with indoctrination, was never about innovation or individual progress of American citizens, but rather was a modern idea birthed out of a scheme conjured up by a powerful king in the early 1700s, far away in another land, with an idea to squelch a captured people and its culture by gaining the hearts and devotion of the next generation: the children.
It was wickedly brilliant.
3. It Starts with the Dads and Pastors
4. Special Lunch Session for Leaders
