Only recently did I become aware of the threat of a new law and it’s affect on our purchasing and/or selling used and/or new homeschool books or curriculum. I want to make sure you are aware of it as well.

In August 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Act was signed into law. As I understand it, the intent of the law, simply put, was/is to protect children ages 12 and under from children’s products containing unsafe levels of lead and phthalates. The law goes into effect February 10th 2009.

So how can this new law affect your ability to buy or sell your homeschool books and curriculum?  Read the rest of this entry »

HSLDA is supporting a first-of-its kind application for political asylum by a German homeschooling family.

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One of the issues homeschooling parents have to address once their children become teenagers is work.

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After bullying her way into a member family’s house, a social worker then tried to order psychological testing for everyone in the home—just because they homeschool.

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When a public school district tried to overrule a mother’s decision to homeschool, HSLDA stepped in to defend her God-given and constitutional right to direct her son’s education.

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When a teen’s struggles with chronic illness caused her to miss extended periods at public school, her parents decided to homeschool. What they didn’t expect was to be harassed by the local truant officer.

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One of the key components of the success and growth of homeschooling in the United States has been state homeschool organizations.

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