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HONDA: A Brief Overview

HONDA is not referring to your vehicle, but it is abbreviated name of the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act of 2005. This is a bill that was introduced in September of 2005 and then was read and sent to the Committee on Finance. I had no idea there was such a controversy surrounding this bill and suffice it to say, not all homeschoolers agree that this bill is a good thing. There are equally strong opinions on each side. Proponents of the Bill Say. . . There are several areas of federal law that according to HSLDA, unfairly impact homeschoolers. Much of … Continue reading →

Pakistan Factory Fire

The factory was full of workers, most working for slave wages. Employees were treated like slaves too, being locked inside the factory by the uncaring management to prevented theft and unauthorized breaks. Then, the worst happened – a fire broke out. Trapped in the building behind locked doors, hundreds died. Some of smoke inhalation, some that jumped to their death. In 1911, that scenario happened in New York City at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The fire killed 146 workers, mostly female victims between the ages of sixteen and twenty-three years old. (This media file is in the public domain in … Continue reading →

In the Best Interest of the Child?

In Germany, homeschoolers are under persecution. Recently, it was decided by the European Court of Human Rights that a homeschooling family in Germany must return their children to school. The decision takes the rights to control a child’s education from the parent and gives it to the government. As far as the government is concerned, homeschooling takes away the child’s right to a state education. Parents have been put in jail. Crying children have been dragged to school by the authorities. Families have even fled the country to escape prosecution and forced public education. It is obvious that most of … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in New Mexico

To all of our regular readers: In August of this year, I picked up where others had left off–and started work to include all of the state regulations into our home schooling blog here at families.com. In the interest of another project I’m working on for the first of the year, I have decided to conclude the rest of the year with blogs about home schooling laws in the rest of the states I haven’t covered. So I hope you’ll pardon the “contruction” and keep reading! You will definitely see more Homeschoolers’ Advent ideas, and I know Andrea is working … Continue reading →

The Sunday Evening Review–December 17

We have been busy here in the homeschooling blog, and despite the upcoming holidays, we have been writing up a storm. Here’s this week’s Sunday Evening Review–in case you’ve missed something. Last week Andrea started what I hope will be a regular feature: the vocabulary word of the day. This week she shares four new words with us: syncretism, autodidact, extreme and mediocrity. Not sure how to use one of those in a sentence? Then you must check out the blog!! In Homeschoolers Control Their Children’s Environment, Andrea shares with us some things that we as parents can “control” such … Continue reading →

The Sunday Evening Review: Dec. 8th and Some More

Wow–add another blogger to the home schooling section of Families.com and what do you get? A whole bunch of great blogs to read!! While our newest blogger, Andrea Hermitt officially started last week, a few of her blogs were post dated and not covered in last week’s Sunday Evening Review. I didn’t want you to miss anything, so here are the post dated blogs as well as blogs for this past week! First of all, if you haven’t read Andrea’s Introduction, make a point to check it out! As any of us who home school know, frequently the first question … Continue reading →