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 February 17th, 2006

HEM’s General Manager and Support Groups Liaison Mary Nix has been assisting the efforts to help families who were victims of the hurricanes last summer, and yesterday she gathered a handful of resources on her weblog:
Support Groups » Opportunity to help homeschoolers affected by Katrina

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Helen on February 16th, 2006

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STILLWATER HOMESCHOOL ALLIANCE
~Building Understanding and Perspective~
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Vol. 1, Issue 5, Weekly Edition
Monday, February 13, 2006
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-SHA Mission Statement
The mission of the Stillwater Homeschool Alliance is to build an association of homeschoolers to work on issues directly related to advocacy, building on [...]

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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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