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A Homeschool Study May Appear in your Mailbox …
January 20, 2012 William A. Estrada, Esq. Director of Federal Relations We want to give you a heads-up that the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics is conducting a survey called the National Household Education Study (NHES). The purpose of this study is to find out where and how students in the [...]
What are the advantages of home schooling?
Dr. Brian Ray from NHERI provides another great study of the advantages of homeschooling and the research that shows that students in structured homeschooling academically outperform conventional-school students, and there is no evidence that the difference is simply due to the family’s income or the mother’s educational attainment. Click her to download the study: http://www.nheri.org/Latest/Careful-Study-Finds-Homeschool-Advantage.html [...]
I Can See Clearly Now – The Kids Are Gone
by Becky Whitaker IF it were possible to reflect on and learn from life’s trials, temptations, and mistakes BEFORE they occur, then I would probably choose that route. However, we all know life is not like that. And for most weary homeschool moms, we do not have much time or energy for reflecting. I admit [...]
Portfolio Log Requirements
by Dee Black, HSLDA Legal Counsel There are different interpretations within Pennsylvania’s homeschool community regarding the legal requirements for compiling a log that is part of the portfolio maintained by the parent conducting a home education program. Every year, Home School Legal Defense Association encounters various versions of logs as we assist [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
“THE FIRST THANKSGIVING” AT PLYMOUTH William Bradford, Of Plimoth Plantation : In the original 17th century spelling “They begane now to gather in ye small harvest they had, and to fitte up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health & strenght, and had all things in good plenty; For [...]
Battle to Preserve Traditional Marriage
Parental rights rest on marriage as it has been known and honored for centuries. Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Traditional marriage is under attack in Pennsylvania. In the case of Cozen O’Connor v. Tobits, a case now pending in federal court in Philadelphia involving the rights of a lesbian couple, one of the parties is [...]
