If you live in California......

[jingwen]

If anyone's interested and live in California.....

There is a home schooling conference coming up this weekend featuring John Taylor Gatto, author of "Dumming us Down" and
Hamza Yusuf (an incredible scholar and speaker)

The title of the conference says it all...

"Educating Your Child In Modern Times:
Raising an Intelligent, Sovereign, & Ethical Human Being"

I'll attatch information if anyone is interested:

DATE & TIME

May 10th & 11th, 2003 1 pm - 6 pm

LOCATION

Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California

SPEAKERS

Featuring talks by distinguished scholars and teachers:

John Taylor Gatto
*The Underground History of American Education
*Parents as Educators

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
*Classical Vs. Modern Education
*A Timeline for Learning: Parenting for Life

TICKETS

$25 per day, $40 for the weekend

For more information, contact Alhambra Productions at [e-mail] or by phone: [phone] or Zaytuna Institute at [e-mail] by phone at: 510.582.1979

[puma mama]

jingwen,

did you attend? I love Gatto! If you did attend, what was your experience?

[miriam]

Will he be back sometime soon?

[anythingelse]

did you guys see this today!!!


Subject: [NHEN-LegClearinghouse] CA homeschooling: CDE reverses policy

Dear Homeschool Family,

I have wonderful news to report. This evening I was sent an mail by the California Department of Education Deputy General counsel Michael Hersher that the CDE is no longer telling anyone that "homeschooling is not legal in California." It has taken various documents off its website and is taking the position that filing an affidavit does not represent any certification by CDE about the filer. Its position is that only local school districts have authority to decide that a child who attends a private school is truant. Mr. Hersher stated that the CDE is not trying to influence local discretion in truancy matters in either direction.

I checked the website to confirm that the references to home schooling had been removed. Since most, if not all, of the truancy problems suffered by homeschoolers in the past several years have been a direct result of the CDE's position regarding the legality of home based private schools, this is a major victory.

This result shows how important it is for homeschoolers and
homeschooling organizations to work together for our common good: The ability of each of us to choose the best educational option for our children.

Congratulations to each of you and all of us.

Linda J. Conrad, Esq.
Legal Chair
HomeSchool Association of California (HSC)