Contents

1. Homeschoolers Lobby Congress as Part of Congressional Action Program
2. Epilogue for Washington Borough Daytime Curfew
3. ‘Approval’ Dropped from Form
4. Renowned Apologist Joins PHC Faculty
5. Special Needs Snippet: Eclectic Curriculum
6. Save on Curriculum for New School Year
7. Learn Constitutional Law Online with Michael Farris
8. Home School Heartbeat: Interview with Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo

1. Homeschoolers Lobby Congress as Part of Congressional Action Program

Dozens of homeschooling parents and children visited Capitol Hill recently as part of Home School Legal Defense Association’s Congressional Action Program. The event not only proved educational for those who attended, it helped yield an important legislative victory. Read more >>

2. New Jersey: Epilogue for Washington Borough Daytime Curfew

After successfully opposing a restrictive daytime curfew, homeschoolers worked with local legislators to craft a nighttime curfew law that does not conflict with basic rights. Read more >>

3. Virginia: ‘Approval’ Dropped from Form

Some Virginia school systems have recently tried to assert that they have approval power over homeschool programs. HSLDA stands ready to point out that state law grants public school officials no such authority. Read more >>

4. Renowned Apologist Joins PHC Faculty

One of contemporary Christianity’s leading apologetics experts will be joining the faculty of Patrick Henry College this fall. Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, author of more than forty books in five languages on the issues of human rights and biblical apologetics, has been named a Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at PHC. Read more >>

5. Special Needs Snippet: Eclectic Curriculum

If your special needs homeschooler struggles with some subjects but not others, you may want to consider an eclectic approach when choosing curriculum. For instance, it may be necessary for you to use one publisher’s reading materials at a grade level lower than your child’s chronological age and yet another company’s math materials at a level on or above your child’s chronological age. An excellent resource in modifying curriculum in this manner is Judith Munday’s “Teaching Your Special Needs Student: Strategies and Tools that Really Work.” Read more >>

6. Save on Curriculum for New School Year

Through expanded member benefits, HSLDA is offering homeschoolers various ways to save on curriculum. Our online Curriculum Market provides an auction setting where anyone can post used curriculum for sale and HSLDA members can buy. Our Clicks for Homeschooling program links you to top online retailers and benefits the Home School Foundation every time you make a purchase.

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7. Learn Constitutional Law Online with Michael Farris

If you’ve always wanted to learn more about the history and background of our legal system, from a biblical perspective, or if you’re looking for a good U.S. government class for your homeschooled students, then sign up for the next Constitutional Law course taught by Michael Farris. The class begins September 10, 2007, and concludes February 25, 2008.

This 18-week Internet-based course follows Farris’ textbook, Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens, and uses an MP3 CD to deliver the “classroom” lectures. Read more >>

8. Home School Heartbeat: Interview with Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo

In this installment of Home School Heartbeat’s Presidential Candidate Interview Series, Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo voices his opinions on a variety of issues relevant to the homeschooling family. Read more >>