Seann Dikkers, Ph.D. M.Ed. President, Portals Education Education is never really one-size-fits-all. But for students with special needs, that truth becomes especially obvious. A child may need more time to complete an assignment. Another may need to move while learning. One student may struggle to communicate what he knows on a worksheet but demonstrate remarkable understanding when he can build, create, explain, or show it. Another may need fewer transitions, more repetition, shorter...

Written by: Stephanie Dikkers, Portals Curriculum Writer Your kids have just finished their schoolwork for the day and now they’re looking at you with that familiar expression: What’s next? Meanwhile, dinner needs to be started, laundry is waiting, and tomorrow’s lessons still need planning. You want them engaged—not glued to a screen, not wandering aimlessly—but genuinely growing while you finish what needs to be done. Enter the Project Closet. The project closet was one of the best...

Written by Dr. Seann Dikkers, Executive Director of Portals Our family’s journey into home education began with a simple conviction: education is about formation, not just information. We wanted our children to grow up under the same “report card” given to Jesus: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:52). Home education gave us the freedom to pursue that kind of growth intentionally. Over time, that conviction grew into the work I now do with...