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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/9/2004 5:56:30 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--March 9, 2004 |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== {{JoinAd}} Topics for March 9, 2004 1. Washington Times Op-ed - Homeschoolers Make Strides In Sports 2. The New York Times - College for the Homeschooled Is Shaping Leaders for the Right 3. The Economist - A Revolution is Happening in American Education 4. The Economist - A University for Homeschoolers 5. Board Rebuffs Persistent Homeschool Graduate Plus: Homeschooling in the News Do what's normal... and do good at the same time ===================================================================== Food Lion Grocery Store's "Lion Shop and Share Program" allows Food Lion MVP card users to designate a portion of their grocery bill to a local non-profit organization. If you are interested in having a percentage of your grocery bill credited to the Foundation, register your MVP card at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1394 or call Food Lion at 704-633-3810-8250 (ext. 3810). For a listing of other online reatilers that contribute a portion of your purchase to the Home School Foundation, check out our Clicks for Homeschooling program at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1395 ===================================================================== ...................................................................... 1. Washington Times Op-ed - Homeschoolers Make Strides In Sports Recently, the National Collegiate Athletic Association changed a long- standing policy that treated homeschoolers as second class students. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1384 ...................................................................... 2. The New York Times - College for the Homeschooled Is Shaping Leaders for the Right As one of 12 siblings taught at home by their parents in St. Croix Falls, Wis., Abram Olmstead knew he would fit right in at Patrick Henry College, the first college primarily for evangelical Christian home-schoolers. But what really sold him was the school's pipeline into conservative politics. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1385 ...................................................................... 3. The Economist - A Revolution is Happening in American Education Just how bad are American schools? And how deeply do conservative Americans distrust their government? Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1386 ...................................................................... 4. The Economist - A University for Homeschoolers If any building symbolizes the ambition of the homeschooling movement, it is Patrick Henry College in suburban Virginia. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1387 ...................................................................... 5. Board Rebuffs Persistent Homeschool Graduate New Jersey - Will persistence make Laura Byrne's dream come true? Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1388 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ===================================================================== Mar. 9: The Morning Call (Pennsylvania) BASD Officials Argue Against Extracurriculars for Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1389 Mar. 5: The Jackson Citizen Patriot (Michigan) Political Role Reversal http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1390 Mar. 5: Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Montana) Springhill Homeschooler Wins County Spelling Bee http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1391 Mar. 4: The Daily Press (Virginia) Homeschool Showdown http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1392 Mar. 3: Valley Independent (Pennsylvania) Homeschool Policy Change a Possibility http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1393 FEATURED MEMBER DISCOUNT ===================================================================== FamilyLife Today Marriage Conferences FamilyLife's conferences, events, and seminars provide an incredible opportunity for couples to talk, laugh, learn ... to reconnect. 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