Public Education Recruiting In The Hospital
Posted May 28, 2010
Most homeschoolers would be caught by surprise if they had just admitted their child to the hospital and then were approached by someone with a school enrollment form. Yet this is essentially what happened to one family earlier this year when they had to admit their home-schooled son into Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and stumbled on what appears to be a new kind of trial public school program in that city. Read More
Voter Information Primary Election 2010
Posted March 5, 2010
On Tuesday, June 8th, between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm, we have the opportunity to go to the polls, exercise our God-given responsibilities and rights, and send a message concerning the direction that our government should take over the course of the next few years. The moral fabric of our nation and our liberties are in great peril. Read More
The Counterweight
Inhibiting Excess in Government
Posted March 5, 2010
We as citizens are the counterweight, the balancing force, which our founding fathers designed into our unique form of government in order to secure our freedoms. Without our proper involvement, our government will overwhelm and trample the very liberties and freedoms it is supposed to ensure. Our involvement is both a right and a responsibility of long standing. We neglect this right and this responsibility to our detriment. Read More
New Work Permit Law
Effective January 1, 2010
Updated 12/17/09
On October 11, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 66, a new law that will make it easier for private homeschool students who want to have a part-time job to get work permits. AB 66 goes into effect January 1, 2010. Read More
The "Indoctrination of Babel"
The "Convention of the Rights of the Child"
The current administration has indicated that they would likely bring the UN Convention on The Rights of the Child (CRC) to the US Senate for ratification as soon as feasible. One of the clearly dangerous aspects of the U.N.'s Read More
Public Education vs. Personal Privacy
There are many reasons to avoid involvement in public education programs. One of those reasons is to protect our children's privacy. And one thing that will set up our children to have their privacy violated is to enroll them in a system that will record, track, and report personal information about them. Read More
HSLDA - Don't Stay At Home Without 'Em?
Most homeschooling families teach their children for many years and never have any contact with a public official regarding their homeschooling. However, your family could be one of the families who will need legal help. HSLDA reports that during 2007, private homeschooling member families experienced 2,432 contacts by government officials in California. And during 2008, in spite of that year's very successful Appellate level homeschool court case, 3,162 contacts were reported. Read More
Who Butters Your Bread?
What gets bigger the more you take from it? As a kid, this was one of my favorite riddles. The correct answer, of course, is “a hole.” The more you take out of a hole, the bigger it gets. However, there is another answer to this riddle... Read More