Helen on May 24th, 2006

Fellow HEM blogger Valerie Moon’s News & Commentary has an article on the recent developments surrounding Patrick Henry College, a brouhaha which has seen increasing coverage in the national media in recent weeks as one professor was fired and four others resigned, saying the administration prohibited free-ranging discussions. An article in the May 13 Los [...]

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Helen on January 15th, 2006

Stillwater Homeschool Alliance
Building Understanding and Perspective
The Stillwater Homeschool Alliance is the result of ongoing conversations between hundreds of homeschoolers over the span of several years.
The Alliance was developed as a much-needed forum for supporting grassroots homeschooling advocacy and to provide homeschooling-specific information to those seeking it. The mission of the Alliance is to build an [...]

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Helen on December 27th, 2005

Almost a month ago, on December 3, in the middle of a lengthy and involved discussion about federal legislation on the HEM-Networking list, I posted some thoughts about an idea which has been on my mind for a few years. The posted message is a long one, but in it I outlined my idea for [...]

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Helen on December 19th, 2005

HEM-Networking: HR 1815 update
The conference report was agreed to in House late on 2/19/05.
The Status: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 374 – 41 (Roll no. 665).
I phoned Sen. Warner’s office and they confirmed that the section pertaining to homeschoolers, 522, remained in the bill and if the [...]

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HEM-Networking: An open letter to HSLDA’s membership
An important message from one of homeschooling’s most respected voices, Mary McCarthy:
I have always felt that HSLDA has a right to exist, and if that’s what you want to spend your money on, I’m happy you have the financial means to do so. However, recent events have [...]

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