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Home School Legal Defense Association is over 70,000 families, supported by more than 60 dedicated staff members, who have banded together to ensure that our rights and our freedoms are protected. Their mission since their founding in 1983 has been to defend and advance the constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children. You can find their website here.

Top Stories in HSLDA News

Court Victory Prompts Letters of Appreciation
Over the past week HSLDA has been flooded with encouraging letters praising God and thanking us for our efforts to defend homeschool freedom not only in California but across the country.

Washington Times Op-ed—Parents Share Teaching Load in Co-ops
A sign of strength of the homeschooling movement is our ability to successfully meet challenges as they present themselves.

German Youth Authorities Allow Gorber Children Home ‘Temporarily’
In a surprise decision earlier this week, the Youth Welfare Authorities in Germany, the “Jugendamt,” have allowed the remaining five Gorber children to return home until the beginning of September.

Homeschoolers Sweep First Round of Children’s International Arts Festival
Four homeschooled children from across the U.S. have won dude ranch vacations for their families in the first round of the Children’s International Arts Festival.

Hoekstra Receives 110th Congress Friend of Homeschooling Award
On July 31, 2008, HSLDA’s Federal Relations staff presented Representative Pete Hoekstra (MI) with the 110th Congress Friend of Homeschooling Award.

Homeschoolers Thwart Daytime Curfew
Homeschoolers stymied an effort to make it a crime for young people to be on the streets during public school hours when a dozen attended a municipal meeting on Monday to object.