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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/30/2007 5:08:38 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--'Are You Capable of Teaching Your Kids Trigonometry?' |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What do you look like when you get out of bed? It's hard to look our best all the time. HSLDA works to present homeschooling in an engaging, dynamic, and informative light to the public news media. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ##.................................................................... >> Legislation in Your State If you live in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia or Wyoming, click the link below for important news about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3664 ..................................................................... Topics for January 30, 2007: 1. Official: 'Are You Capable of Teaching Your Kids Trigonometry?' 2. Another Daytime Curfew Considered 3. French Victory: HSLDA Helps Defeat 'Draconian' Legislation 4. Patrick Henry College Moves Along Path Toward Accreditation 5. 'Home School Heartbeat': Parental Rights Amendment ..................................................................... 1. Missouri Official: 'Are You Capable of Teaching Your Kids Trigonometry?' A Missouri family was surprised at the level of intimidation they faced from state officials who were investigating their homeschool. When our attorney challenged the legal basis for the officials' demands, the threats fell silent and the case eventually was dismissed. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3665 ..................................................................... 2. Ohio: Another Daytime Curfew Considered Homeschoolers should be wary of daytime curfews, such as the one reportedly being considered in Mansfield, Ohio. Daytime curfews violate constitutional freedoms and can curtail your ability to homeschool. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3666 ..................................................................... 3. French Victory: HSLDA Helps Defeat 'Draconian' Legislation French homeschooling families won an important legal battle for their rights when two amendments to limit homeschooling were withdrawn from a bill in the French Parliament in early January. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3667 ..................................................................... 4. Patrick Henry College Moves Along Path Toward Accreditation An on-site review of Patrick Henry College by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools concluded Wednesday, January 24, with an encouraging, far-reaching institutional assessment, completing a pivotal step leading to the TRACS Commission accreditation meeting in late April. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3668 ..................................................................... 5. 'Home School Heartbeat': Parental Rights Amendment Looking around, we can see many worthwhile social, moral, and political battles to fight. Is any one of them more important than the others? Join us this week on Home School Heartbeat, as Michael Farris explains which battle should be at the center of homeschoolers' attention. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3669 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== January 28: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri Local Institutions Become Learning Ground for Homeschooled Children http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3670 January 26: WDBJ-TV Channel 7, Lynchburg, Virginia Liberty's Homeschooled Triplets Turning Heads on the Court http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3671 January 26: The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania School Relents, Lets Homeschooled Girl in Spelling Bee http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3672 January 25: NBC-TV Channel 10, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Homeschooler Denied Spot In Spelling Bee http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3673 January 25: Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas Homeschooled Road Warriors: Winning Girls Basketball Team Gains Notice http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3674 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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