<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HSLDA | Headlines]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2013 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:21 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Date Set for UN Disabilities Treaty Hearings]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201305210.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A UN disabilities treaty that was defeated last year is back in the U.S. Senate. We need you to contact your senators and tell them why this treaty must not be ratified.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask Your U.S. Representative to Sign Letter Opposing UN CRPD]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201305140.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please contact your representative and ask him or her to sign a letter opposing Senate ratification of a dangerous United Nations treaty.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Tackles the Common Core National Standards and Databases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201305030.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please take time to thank the members of Congress who joined the fight against the Common Core national education standards. With your help, we will continue the battle.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN Disabilities Treaty on the Move]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201304300.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hearing from multiple sources that the U.S. Senate&rsquo;s Foreign Relations Committee is gearing up to hold hearings on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We need to act now!]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Changes to Military Enlistment for Homeschool Graduates]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201304260.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is producing good policies for homeschoolers looking to enlist in the military. Here are some things homeschoolers should know.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Our Kids Belong to Us&mdash;or to the Community?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/LandingPages/WhoseChildren/?src=Wunonmem]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an MSNBC promo, Melissa Harris-Perry promotes the radical and controversial idea that &ldquo;we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents.&rdquo; Sadly, this isn&rsquo;t a new idea.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Databases: Collecting Student-Specific Data is Unnecessary and Orwellian]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201304090.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Recent efforts to make states share their student information with the federal government could have dire consequences for individual privacy. HSLDA has learned that at least one state&rsquo;s database includes information on homeschoolers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Survey on Drug Use and Health&mdash;Have You been Contacted?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201301280.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some HSLDA members have expressed concern about a government health survey. Rest assured that the survey is not mandatory and that the information it obtains must be kept confidential.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Public Comments
on &ldquo;Black Boxes&rdquo; in all New Autos]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201301180.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drivers who feel that requiring data recorders in cars will invade their privacy have until February 11 to share comments with federal officials.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Core State Standards Initiative: Too Close to a National Curriculum]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2012/201212170.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA is growing more concerned that &ldquo;voluntary&rdquo; state academic guidelines could turn into national standards that even homeschoolers will be forced to teach.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send Thank-You Notes to Senators on the &ldquo;Nice&rdquo; List]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2012/201212110.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please take time to thank the senators who voted against the UN disabilities treaty and in favor of protecting parental rights.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>