| HSLDA Helps Work Out the Knots for Massage Therapy Candidate |
Tue, 3 Dec 2019 |
This homeschool graduate had completed all the coursework to become a massage therapist. But the licensing board didn’t like his diploma. |
| New Grad. New Job. Old Problem. |
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 |
An employer was ready to hire this homeschool graduate. But the background check company didn’t know what to think of his diploma. |
| Commissioner: Time to Untangle our Homeschooling Rules |
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 |
New Hampshire’s education commissioner, who is also a homeschool dad, thinks it’s time to make the state department of education’s rules for homeschooling conform with state law. |
| RMU Déjà Vu: University Cites False Acceptance Criteria. Again. |
Tue, 5 Nov 2019 |
Wait! Is this 2009? A homeschool graduate applying to an Illinois university just ran into the same roadblocks we removed 10 years ago. |
| College to Homeschool Mom: State Teacher Credentials Don’t Count |
Tue, 5 Nov 2019 |
When a college rejected a homeschool grad who was legally tutored by a credentialed teacher—who was also his mom—we just had to set the record straight. |
| Lax Officials Skip Steps, Threaten Homeschool Mom |
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 |
Barely a month into moving to Florida and establishing her son’s homeschool program, this mom was informed that her home education program was in danger of termination. The cause? School officials playing loose with the law. |
| Does Homeschooling Really “Cost” School Districts Millions? |
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 |
A recent West Virginia op ed claimed that “homeschooling cuts about $2 million from Harrison School systems funding.” Is that true? |
| Labeling Dropouts as Homeschoolers Hurts Everyone |
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 |
A newspaper in Indiana questioned whether homeschooling needs additional oversight after a few public school districts mislabeled high school dropouts. Here is our reply. |
| Virginia: Can School Districts Write Laws? |
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 |
Two of HSLDA’s attorneys asked the Virginia Supreme Court to stop school districts from making up their own homeschooling laws. |
| Homeschooled Drivers Stalled by the DMV |
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 |
Homeschooled teens who moved from out of state encountered unusual obstacles while applying for driver’s licenses. |
| “Unaccredited” Graduate Can Still Be a Credit to Her Country |
Tue, 8 Oct 2019 |
With a little assistance from a friend at the Pentagon, we helped a homeschool graduate overcome discrimination and enlist in the United States Air Force. |
| Baltimore: “Homeschooling Starts in Public School.” ??? |
Fri, 4 Oct 2019 |
A family newly arrived in Maryland notified their school district that they were homeschooling. They were flummoxed by the district’s response. |