Calls Needed: Government Home Visitations in the Health Care Reform Bill

We have previously encouraged you to call your U.S. representative and urge him to oppose the health care reform bill which includes a program that threatens parental rights. As the bill may come up for a vote this week, we urge you to continue your calls. (HSLDA) More >>

Sweden Takes A Hardening Line

A new law which would allow for home education only under “extraordinary circumstances” is awaiting finishing touches before it is brought before the entire Swedish Parliament where it is expected to pass. (HSLDA) More >>

School District Reports Homeschoolers for Child Neglect

HSLDA intervened when an unlawful request that a member family provide additional documentation turned into a social services investigation. (HSLDA) More >>

The Whole World is Their Classroom

Four Swedish families share why they homeschool and the joys they experience from home-educating their children. (Aftonbladets Söndag) More >>

Homeschooling Family Granted Political Asylum

In a case with international ramifications, U.S. Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted the political asylum application of a German homeschooling family. Read the legal brief >> (HSLDA) More >>

Draconian Home Education Law Continues to Move Forward

The freedom of home educators in the United Kingdom hangs in the balance, as British parliamentarians deliberate over a potential upheaval of current home education law. (HSLDA) More >>

First Year of Expanded Freedom Clouded

Even as Idaho homeschool families celebrate expanded freedoms, they must also face the increased threat of action by social services officials. (HSLDA) More >>

Homeschoolers Charged with Truancy

Truancy charges were immediately dropped after HSLDA intervened on behalf of a family whose children were enrolled in the extension program of a local church-related school. (HSLDA) More >>

Citizens Defeat Daytime Curfew

A loose coalition including local homeschoolers helped to stop a proposed daytime curfew in Salem, Illinois that was favored by the public school regional superintendent. (HSLDA) More >>

Summer Business Institute Grants Homeschooler Equal Opportunity to Apply

After HSLDA intervened, Clark County agreed to recognize a Nevada homeschool high school student’s academic program on the same basis as public and private school programs. (HSLDA) More >>

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Homeschool

The Romeikes are not your typical asylum seekers. They did not come to the U.S. to flee war or despotism in their native land. No, these music teachers left Germany because they didn’t like what their children were learning in public school—and because homeschooling is illegal there. (Time) More >>

HSLDA Sues Florida Athletic Association

On January 13, 2009, HSLDA filed a lawsuit against Florida High School Athletic Association because of its unjustified refusal to allow a homeschool student to play sports for a private school. (HSLDA) More >>

Grassroots Activism, National Attention Keys to Lopsided Victory

New Hampshire representatives had to walk a gauntlet of homeschoolers this week as hundreds of families demonstrated in Concord in opposition to proposed draconian regulations of home education. (See video) (HSLDA) More >>

Parents Arrested for Failing to Register Their Homeschool

Richard and Margie Cressy, homeschool parents of four children ages 8–14 were recently arrested by the sheriff of Montgomery County, New York for failing to register their children with the state. (HSLDA) More >>

Washington Times Op-ed—Socialization not a Problem

One of the most persistent criticisms of homeschooling is the accusation that homeschoolers will not be able to fully participate in society because they lack “socialization.” (HSLDA) More >>

HSLDA Senior Counsel Klicka Finishes His Race, Receives the Crown of Life

Surrounded by his family and close friends who gathered by his bed in Colorado, HSLDA Senior Counsel Christopher J. Klicka died peacefully on October 12 after a 15-year battle against multiple sclerosis. A memorial service was held October 31. (HSLDA) More >>

New Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement

The latest homeschool academic achievement study finds that, on average, homeschoolers scored significantly higher than their public school counterparts on standardized achievement tests. (HSLDA) More >>