Comments on: CA, HSLDA and protecting homeschooling

By: Principled Discovery » Homeschool Threat Level: Orange

Principled Discovery » Homeschool Threat Level: Orange — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:05:38 +0000

[...] their own lawyer and wasn’t receiving legal counsel throughout the case. We’ve discussed these issues here before, but really…with the public already perceiving homeschooling as a means of hiding abuse, how [...]

By: alternatives to HSLDA « Treasure Seekers

alternatives to HSLDA « Treasure Seekers — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:53:06 +0000

[...] Dana has a great post related to this topic in CA, HSLDA, and Protecting Homeschooling. [...]

By: Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » Homeschooling In California: Legal Or Not?

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:44 +0000

[...] has a great post on personal responsibility and homeschooling. Don’t hide under an organization’s umbrella and wait for them to do everything for [...]

By: California Child Abuse Is Not Home Education « Cocking A Snook!

California Child Abuse Is Not Home Education « Cocking A Snook! — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:15:39 +0000

[...] “This case was about physical abuse. This family has been in and out of court with their children in and out of foster care for twenty years. . .While all involved certainly have a right to decent legal defense, at what point would HSLDA have stepped in?” [...]

By: populararticle » Blog Archive » hslda

populararticle » Blog Archive » hslda — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:18:27 +0000

[...] CA, HSLDA and protecting homeschooling 19 hours ago [...]

By: Cristina

Cristina — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:16:11 +0000

Dana, thank you for keeping us informed on the homeschooling issues. I first heard about the California case on Sunday through my local homeschooling loop, and came here first to check out the details. This is the first time I heard there was any history of child abuse. So thanks for all the research you do.

By: JJ Ross

JJ Ross — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:24:48 +0000

GOOD post.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:01:19 +0000

The umbrella illustration seems especially accurate in Colorado, where parents can use an umbrella school to oversee their home education program rather than dealing with the school district directly.

I wrote a little about this topic a few months ago in my post Alternatives to HSLDA.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:59:36 +0000

November 2007 does seem like a good point to jump in…I just wasn’t sure that anyone actually knew what was going to come up. It is more typical for a court to rule specifically regarding a particular family, isn’t it?

Hindsight is 20/20, I guess, and it would have been nice for those who are able to do something to know as soon as possible. But this case has so many issues attached to it, I don’t know for sure where anyone would have realized where it was heading.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:47:48 +0000

At some point in this, the father also asked for his lawyer to be dismissed to represent himself. He was allowed to represent himself but the lawyer was kept on the case. It looks like the lawyer was present in the appeal process…at least a name was mentioned. But I wondered what capacity the counsel acted in at that point?