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Obama Proposes Universal Preschool for 4-year-olds
President Obama announced last Wednesday a proposal to create universal preschool for low-income families. His plan, Preschool for All, is aimed at 4-year-olds to help them be “better prepared for the demands of the global economy.” HSLDA founder Michael Farris voiced his opposition…

Do Our Kids Belong to Us—or to the Community?
In an MSNBC promo, Melissa Harris-Perry promotes the radical and controversial idea that “we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents.” Sadly, this isn’t a new idea.

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West Cape May Wants to Review Homeschool Books


Ask Your U.S. Representative to Sign Letter Opposing UN CRPD


Free Year-End Testing Assured by New Law


Homeschool Law Significantly Improved


Homeschoolers Allowed to Participate in Interscholastic Activities


Court Victory for Homeschool Mom

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May 12: Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa
Growing Number of American Parents Choose to Homeschool


May 12: Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
Homeschooling Tripping up Education Reform


May 10: News & Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg Homeschool Students Win Mock Trial Competition


May 8: KATV-TV Channel 7, Little Rock, Arkansas
Homeschool Student Disqualified from Fishing Contest Gets Prize


May 3: Sun-News, Cleveland, Ohio
Co-op Shares Science of Homeschooling for Area Children

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Home Schooling Expands Around the Globe
Families in nations around the world look at our home schooling freedoms in awe. Many are willing to sacrifice and pay any price for similar opportunities.

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Judge Rules Social Worker Fear Tactics Unconstitutional
A federal court in Arizona has ruled that an unsupported threat to place children in custody, made to coerce cooperation with a social services investigation, violates the constitutional guarantee of family privacy and integrity.

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Eighth Circuit Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Homeschoolers
A federal appeals court ruled unanimously in favor of HSLDA members Ron and Joann Fitzgerald on Wednesday and held that school districts may not force homeschooled children to submit to special—needs evaluations against their parents' wishes.

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Combs, et al, v. Homer—Center School District, et al
Families claim religious exemption from home education law

   Wisconsin 


In the Appeal of George R. Theiss
HSLDA successful in getting veteran’s benefits reinstated.
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Here are a few upcoming events from our HSLDA event calendar. Click on the month for more details.

 May 2013 


May 23-25, 2013 : Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Christian Home Educators Association Conference


May 23-25, 2013 : Kissimmee, Florida
Florida Parent Educators Association Conference


May 23-25, 2013 : Winston-Salem, North Carolina
North Carolinians for Home Education Conference


May 30-June 2, 2013 : Rochester, New York
Loving Education at Home Upstate Conference


May 31-June 1, 2013 : Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Association of Home Educators