Supreme Court Declines to Review Asylum Case of German Homeschoolers
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“Farris says that all the court options to save the Romeikes from being deported have been exhausted, but HSLDA is working on a congressional solution.” CPost
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Judge removes children from home illegally
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“On November 21 seven children from a home school family in Duncanville were forcibly removed from their home, in spite of no evidence of abuse or neglect, by order ofJudge Graciela Olvera of the 256th District Court of Dallas County. Judge Olvera issued a removal order at an ex-parte hearing in which the parents were not represented nor notified.” Texas Home School Coalition
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"[O]ne-size-fits-all national standards are not the answer to improving public schools"
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“the education of our children should be regulated at the state and local level, one- size-fits-all national standards are not the answer to improving public schools, and in many cases do not meet the higher standards states hold their school systems to”
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"It makes no sense to me why the...administration wants to send a German homeschool family home while they are so lenient to so many others"
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“Judge Jeffrey Sutton countered that Germany is not prohibiting parents’ direction of their children’s education. Parents may teach their children during non-school hours”
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Recovering homeschoolers have a support group now
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“Homeschoolers Anonymous, a new site that publishes children of Christian homeschooling families speaking out about upbringings that, they say, have left them traumatized and unprepared for adult life.” from The Daily Beast
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Evangelical homeschoolers embrace evolution
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More Christian parents are asking for mainstream science in their children’s curricula. Will religious textbook companies deliver?
“We get a lot of flak from others for not using Christian textbooks,”…
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