Helen on October 15th, 2005

HEM’s Support Group News, October
Interesting commentary in this month’s Support Group Newsletter, edited by Mary Nix, in an interview with two homeschool leaders in Virginia, Shay Seaborne and Amy Wilson:
Although two HSLDA attorneys agreed that the illegal regulation had a “‘chilling’ effect” on those who ” aren’t represented by counsel,” HSLDA was content to leave [...]

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HEM September-October 2005 – Selected Content
In the second part of an interview with Deborah Stevenson of the National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD) about the threats facing homeschooling parents, Judy Aron asks, “Why do state Departments of Education and government want to encroach on homeschooling issues?”
Deborah Stevenson starts her long reply with this: “Follow the [...]

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Helen on August 20th, 2005

HEM July-August 2005 – Interview with Deborah Stevenson
Judy Aron interviewed Deborah Stevenson, Executive Director of National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD), for the July/August issue of HEM:
Judy: What is the biggest threat to parents nationwide?
Deborah: NHELD believes the biggest threat to parents nationwide is the lack of accurate information. If citizens are not informed about [...]

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Helen on July 21st, 2005

from HEM SUPPORT NEWS – October 2004
Lynn and Sarah Leslie are long time homeschool advocates and publishers who recently released: “Homeschooling Under Fire: The Iowa Homeschooling Crisis of 1989-90 – A history of the plot to depict homeschoolers as truants and child abusers,” by Lynn and Sarah Leslie, August 30, 2004.
An excerpt:
“In our present era [...]

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Helen on July 20th, 2005

I posted a comment under my July 16th post about our new HEM News & Commentary editor, Valerie Moon, who also manages The Military Homeschooler site, but I’ve also initiated a new category here titled Interviews, and I’ll start off the listings under that by once again referencing and linking to the great interview with [...]

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