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| Date: From: Subject: | 11/13/2007 4:40:53 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Instilling Basics Teaches Leadership |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who are the nation's best lobbyists? We don't know that this has ever been determined; but we do know that HSLDA's National Center for Home Education is the only national organization lobbying on behalf of homeschoolers on Capitol Hill. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Topics for November 13, 2007: 1. Washington Times Op-ed--Instilling Basics Teaches Leadership 2. Officials Want to Sell Family's Possessions to Pay Homeschooling Fine 3. School Districts Attempt To Impose Unauthorized Testing 4. Home Study Office Adds to Law 5. New Scholarship Targets Budding Journalists 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': A New Battle in Washington 7. Generation Joshua: 2007 Benjamin Rush Award Winners ---[ New Book--"Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" ]------------ Debunking myths and providing fresh vision to today's wives and mothers, "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" may be both the most controversial and most encouraging book written this year. Mrs. Vickie Farris says, "This book is a real gem!" Read about the book, watch author interviews, and order online today! http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Washington Times Op-ed--Instilling Basics Teaches Leadership If I told you that homeschool parents had established a leadership academy in their home, you might be surprised. Even most homeschool parents would be surprised because surveys show the two main reasons parents choose homeschooling are to avoid the negative peer environment of public schools and to teach from a religious perspective. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4528 ..................................................................... 2. Germany: Officials Want to Sell Family's Possessions to Pay Homeschooling Fine Your faxes, letters and emails are needed to help a German family facing a $6,300 fine for homeschooling. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4529 ..................................................................... 3. Pennsylvania: School Districts Attempt To Impose Unauthorized Testing Home School Legal Defense Association intervened when several school districts in Pennsylvania attempted to impose additional, unauthorized standardized testing requirements on homeschooling families. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4530 ..................................................................... 4. Vermont: Home Study Office Adds to Law Vermont's Department of Education's home study office has said that home study enrollments received after October 1 won't count towards a "complete school year" for the purposes of being exempted from providing a detailed outline. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4531 ..................................................................... 5. Patrick Henry College: New Scholarship Targets Budding Journalists Looking toward the fall of 2008, the college will be awarding a special scholarship, hoping to attract the next class of aspiring reporters, editors, writers and producers. The application deadline is April 1, 2008. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4532 ..................................................................... 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': A New Battle in Washington Child's rights activists have been more active than ever in their attempt to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. This week, host Michael Farris talks about one way to stop this internationalist threat to traditional American law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4533 ..................................................................... 7. Generation Joshua: 2007 Benjamin Rush Award Winners Generation Joshua is excited to announce five winners of the Benjamin Rush Awards Program. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4534 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== November 9: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia Homeschool Football Squad Boasts Gwinnett's Longest Current Winning Streak http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4535 November 8: Greater Kansas City Community Newspaper Group, Kansas City, Kansas Lazers Finish Eighth at National Homeschool Boys Soccer Tournament http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4536 November 6: WorldNetDaily.com German Homeschoolers Facing $6,300 Fine http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4537 > Links do not imply endorsement. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - Western Standard Publishing ====================================================================== Looking for the perfect online library to enhance your study? 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