The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
The Homeschool Advantage is a podcast about reclaiming learning as a way of life. Hosted by educator, author, and instructional leader Bex Buzzie, the show explores how families, teachers, and educational leaders can support meaningful learning—whether children are homeschooled, enrolled in public or charter schools, or navigating a blend of both. Drawing from over two decades in education and recent work in educational leadership, Bex brings together voices from across the learning landscape, including homeschool families, classroom teachers, curriculum creators, microschools, co-ops, and education innovators. This is not a podcast about choosing the “perfect” system. It’s about partnership, posture, and presence. Whether you’re a parent supporting learning at home, a teacher rethinking instruction, or an educator seeking deeper alignment between school and life, The Homeschool Advantage offers thoughtful conversations, practical insights, and a return to the basics of how learning actually happens. Because homeschooling isn’t a location. It’s a posture.
Episodes
What if the problems we see in high school… don’t begin in high school?
In this first episode of a three-part series, Bex Buzzie explores a difficult but necessary question:
When did we stop calling young adolescents up into responsibility?
We spend so much time talking about homelessness, crime, disengagement, and generational anxiety — but we rarely ask where the wiring began.
Part 1 begins at th...
Episode Title: It’s Not What Students Know — It’s How They Use It
Students are memorizing more than ever — and understanding less.
In this episode of The Homeschool Advantage podcast, educator and instructional leader Bex Buzzie confronts a growing and uncomfortable reality in modern education: many students can perform academically without truly being able to read, comprehend, or apply what they’ve learned...
It’s been two years since the last episode of The Homeschool Advantage, and a lot has changed.
In this season-opening episode, I reintroduce myself and reflect on how my understanding of education has evolved after returning to the classroom and pursuing a Master’s in Educational Leadership. I share why I still believe in homeschooling, while also recognizing that learning doesn’t belong to one model, location, or label.
This episo...
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Crissi Allen Founder and Executive Director of HEART Academy Christian Microschool in San Jose, California, and a Certified Holistic Health Coach. She finds it great joy helping parents capture the hearts of their children, helping parents find their children's God-given passions early in life, creating a heartfelt community, and partnering and empowering with hundreds of families.
She has been a mom-entrepreneur for 20 y...
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Norma Jean Maxwell, Founder of Time to Shine Teach & Coaching is an Orton Gillingham trained Reading, Spelling & Writing Specialist. With over 20 years teaching experience, both within and outside the public school system, Norma Jean truly loves teaching children, particularly those with learning differences. She is passionate about providing support for parents and educators in navigating the needs of children by ...
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Michael Strong Founder and Chief Visionary of The Socratic Experience, is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. He is also the author of The Habit Of Thought: From Socratic Seminars To Socratic Practice and the Lead Author of Be The Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems.
Students from Michael's schools have been admitted...
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Josie Balkowski is the Founder of Online Scribblers, an online writing program for students in Grades 3-12 of all skill levels. Josie is a blogger and writer who strives to bring writing education to the forefront of every student's learning and to engage their creativity to create proficient communicators of the future.
Since 2012, Josie has been teaching writing both in person to homeschool pods and online through her o...
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Yvette Boucher CEO of Lil Learners Luv Learning, a certified kindergarten teacher for 20 years, and an experienced online teacher. She loves to teach little learners. Her passion is teaching children to read. Nothing excites Yvette more than to see a student's face light up as they start to read. Her teaching style includes music and movement along with a hands-on approach while incorporating all subjects. Her goal is to tea...
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Derek and Amy Weichel CEOs and Founders of Faithful Parent they were both personally blessed with Christian Education from elementary through high school. Faithful Parent helps you have a clear parenting plan on your Christian family journey, and find the time and guidance to develop one.
They help parents to be more intentional about looking at all the options that are available to their children and focus on what will spe...
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Jennifer Mercer, M.Ed Co-Founder of Learning Journeys Forum and she has been working with youth since she was 16 years old. She has spent the past 30 years developing and growing her skills in many different ways; as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, lead teacher, college instructor, tutor, Girl Scout leader, mentor, and group facilitator. Jennifer homeschooled her two daughters, experimenting with philosophies...
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Colleen Kelley Ph.D Founder of Kids' Chemical Solutions received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Richmond, and her Ph.D in Organometallic Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching duties have spanned from graduate level courses all the way to elementary school courses. She is the author of "The M.C. Detective Agency: Chemical Solutions Required", a fun comic book series for kids ages 8 and u...
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Brooke DeHority Founder of The Brooke Review, an education leader and literacy enthusiast with over a decade of experience working in New York City public schools. Her expert approach to improving early reading achievement through aligned cross-curricular instructional design and project-based learning yields exceptional results for students.
Top three takeaways
- You can choose the path that's right for your family a...
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Dana Argueta is the Puentes Administrator at the Spanish Institute of Honduras, an educator with a background in elementary education and linguistic acquisition. She serves as the administrator of the homeschool program and also handles missionary care and student services at Spanish Institute of Honduras. She has been in Honduras since 2018, and understands the difficulties and joys that come with transitioning cultures, ad...
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Michael Staton CEO and Co-Founder of Colearn. Colearn has redesigned the school experience around families for an era of remote and hybrid work. They are bridging the best of unconventional education approaches and great schools to create an entirely new learning experience that prioritizes families.
Top three takeaways
- How Colearn is focused on future ready, innovation, creative, and citizenship skills.
- How they ...
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Debbie Annett Founder and Creator of Spanish For You! A unique theme-based curriculum for elementary and middle school-aged children. She is an Illinois state-certified teacher who has enjoyed teaching the Spanish language to kids of all ages for 23 years. She has a Bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Illinois and a Master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Northern Illinois University.
She has a...
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Leah Ballard CEO and Founder of B3 Homeschool Support, a certified teacher in the state of Florida. She has a BA from the University of Central Florida in Secondary Education with a Biology focus. Her certifications are in Biology, General Science, and Math.
Top three takeaways
- No one knows our children better or is more qualified to love them than we are.
- Florida law requires all home education students be evaluat...
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Patty Marler Media Relations of Homeschool Today. Patty Marler is a veteran homeschooler with over two decades of homeschool experience from preschool through high school. Patty is passionate about helping people navigate the various options, tailor educational methods and resources, and identify supports to build a solid home education program, because no two homeschools are exactly alike, nor should they be.
Homeschoo...
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Connie Chapman CEO and Founder of Your Art Class. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and moved with her family to New Orleans where she finished high school and college, got married, and had two children. She has a bachelor's degree in Elementary education with a minor in art. She has taken art classes at Tulane, attended many art workshops, taught art, and was an art director for two companies. She has completed many art comm...
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Neta Shani CEO and Founder of My E-motions. She is a pediatric acupuncturist and sensory balancing practitioner specializing in sensory and emotional processing challenges. Over the years she has acquired an extensive knowledge on these subjects and kept adding more tools to help her better address each child’s specific needs. Her goals were not only to improve each patient’s overall being by what the work done in her clinic...
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Melissa Muir is a homeschooling mom of 4 and works with teachers via coaching and products as she loves teaching online and helping people get started & thrive as online teachers so that they can be present at home. (Yes, even while homeschooling!)
Top three takeaways
- Homeschooling doesn’t mean the end of a career. Working in online education can bring a new dimension as we continue to...
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