You may have heard about the Common Core Curriculum Standards. But
what do they actually mean for you and your family? This week on
Home School Heartbeat,
our guest Will Estrada explains how Common Core is changing education
in the United States—and how you can prepare your children to deal with
those changes.
“The Common Core is just not what our country needs. Homeschooling,
individualized education, and parental involvement in education—that’s
what our country needs.”—Will Estrada
A homeschool graduate from Pennsylvania, Will began working for HSLDA in
January, 2004 as a legal assistant to Staff Attorney Scott
Woodruff. After graduating from Oak Brook College of Law with his J.D.,
he moved on to direct HSLDA’s Federal Relations department and to
serve as HSLDA’s federal lobbyist. As HSLDA’s representative on
Capitol Hill, Will uses his passion for homeschooling to advocate for
all homeschoolers before Congress and the federal departments. He
has testified before Congress and met with senior officials from federal
agencies and the executive branch.
From October 2007 through
December 2012, Will served as the director of Generation Joshua, a
division of HSLDA, where he worked with young people who are passionate
about making a difference in politics. He oversaw a doubling of
Generation Joshua’s membership, an increase in local clubs, and an
expansion of Generation Joshua’s reach and effectiveness. In July 2011,
he also took on lobbying for ParentalRights.org as the
organization’s director of federal relations, where he advocates before
Congress for the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
He is a member of the California bar. Will and his wife Rachel, who
is also a homeschool graduate as well as an accomplished portrait
artist, and their son Dominic reside in northern Virginia.
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Common Core: Uncommon Dilemma
