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Atherton seeks judgeship
Homeschool activist and board member Jeff Atherton took part in caucuses April 29 in a bid to obtain the Republican nomination for Chancery Court judge. Homeschoolers busied themselves to support Jeff, the vice president of CSTHEA, who has been on the board since 1992. He is the father of four children, ages 17 to 22. He has for years tirelessly led
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Obamacare & Home Educators
Our homeschool rally day March 23 coincided with a hastily planned public protest in Nashville of Tennesseans upset at the passage of Obamacare in the House of Representatives two days before. (See a report of the rally on Page 15 of the Esprit Newsletter.) There was much mingling of the two groups
Legal Issues Seminar (online audio)
The audio from the Legal Issues Seminar presented by Mr. Jeff Atherton is available here.
Bredesen signs diploma bill
Tennessee law has changed to end practices of discrimination against homeschool diplomas awarded by so-called umbrella schools, which home educators in the state gather under to keep from getting rained on by state bureaucracy. State-licensed day care centers and police departments had turned up their
Groundbreaking victory for homeschoolers
By Bobbie Patray The bill that passed the Senate and House Schools requires that diplomas issued by homeschools be recognized by all state and local governmental entities as having the same rights and privileges of diplomas issued by public school systems. Background: Despite the fact that home schooled
Senate panel passes diploma bill
NASHVILLE, May 4 — Prospects are good for legislation that will require Tennessee government agencies to end discrimination against homeschoolers’ diplomas when they apply for employment. Without fanfare Monday the Tennessee Senate Education Committee a bill which would require the recognition of
Parental rights amendment awaits our aid
By Cal Beisner The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a major threat to parents’ freedom to raise their children as they believe best — to teach them their religious
Wall Street mayhem & homeschoolers
“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.” —Psalm 118:8, 9 By David Tulis As a homeschool mom or dad, you are in