NHPR.org - The New Trend in Homeschooling: Un-Schooling.

NHPR.org - The New Trend in Homeschooling: Un-Schooling.

The Unschool Bus makes headlines again but in New Hampshire this time where the legislature is in much need of an education themselves. It's time to bring attention to the plight of parents in that state who want to homeschool their children in peace without needless harassment from public school bureaucrats and politicians.

"Unschoolers say that traditional classrooms waste too much time and sometimes disrupt the learning process."

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New Hampshire homeschooling workshop April 9, 2011

Fosters.com - Dover NH, Rochester NH, Portsmouth NH, Laconia NH, Sanford ME

Sponsored by the New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition and held on Saturday, April 9, at the Nackey Loeb School of Communications in Manchester.

If you pre-register the admission is $15 or $20 at the door. Contact Jane Grady at 437-3547 or go to the website www.nhhomeschooling.org.

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New Hampshire mom persecuted for teaching religion in her homeschool

You may have first heard about Brenda Voydatch here. She's the homeschooling mom in Meredith, New Hampshire who was forced to send her life-long homeschooled daughter into public school because her ex-husband decided she was too religious.

Douglas Kennedy has done a follow up on this case for Fox News. For those of you who remember the Karen Maple case here in Vermont, Douglas covered that story for Fox News as well.

We'll be keeping an eye on this story to see the outcome, especially now that the New Hampshire legislature recently introduced House Bill 301, the Homeschool Freedom Act.

Let's all hope Brenda's daughter can return home and learn in peace!

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Homeschool Freedom Act Introduced in New Hampshire

Homeschool Freedom Act Introduced in New Hampshire

"The proposed law involves homeschoolers sending a simple one-time notification when a homeschool program begins. The bill also removes several provisions which granted state agencies unnecessary oversight and created unwarranted bureaucracy for school districts and parents. Numerous states have changed their laws in recent years along the same lines as H.B. 301, including Arizona and Nevada, because national homeschooling research has shown that needless bureaucracy just wastes parents’ time and taxpayers’ money."

Let's hope the rest of this country will begin to follow this lead. In some states it's amazingly simple to homeschool. In other states it's a bureaucratic nightmare. Homeschooling is catching on like wild fire and folks are realizing its massive savings to taxpayers, let alone the fact that the education homeschoolers receive far exceeds that of public schooling.

We're in tough economic times. Homeschooling may be the saving grace this country needs right now for more reasons than just saving the taxpayers money.

The new law may or may not help this persecuted homeschooling New Hampshire mom.

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Should government interfere with homeschooling parents because of religious and socialization concerns? | Lynn R. Mitchell | Opinion Zone | Washington Examiner

Should government interfere with homeschooling parents because of religious and socialization concerns? | Lynn R. Mitchell | Opinion Zone | Washington Examiner

"The 11-year-old girl was homeschooled through 4th grade and then ordered into public school because of a lawsuit by the father who objected to the mother educating their daughter at home. The parents divorced when the daughter was two months old."

Again, the states don't give a rat's rump about religion or your religious beliefs. I learned long ago that is not an area you should use to fall back on, unless you can find a judge gullible enough to truly believe religious choice has any merit.

This appears to be purely a case about a man wanting control over his ex-wife. It happens all the time and the courts usually side with the parent wanting the child in public school because that is the territory the judges are most familiar and comfortable with. Once a parent realizes this, such as this dad, they will push the issue, knowing they will better their chances for a victory over the other parent. It has nothing to do with education or what's best for the child. It's a power play.

This dad should be ashamed but he'll get his comeuppance once his daughter comes of age. She won't have anything to do with him for what he's done to her mother. The one thing he's overlooking is where his daughter's loyalty is and that loyalty lays with the woman who gave birth to her. I've seen many of these daughters grow up and make their dad's lives a living hell for doing just what this dad is doing now. That karma thing can be a real bitch!

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NH high school bans safe-sex kits over contents - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |

NH high school bans safe-sex kits over contents - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |

"Bruce Barlow of the Monadnock (moh-NAD'-nahk) High School board in Swanzey says school officials had approved the distribution but didn't know the contents."

Say what?! Didn't anyone look to see what the kits contained? Maybe the adults on the board were too embarrassed by the subject matter to take a peek. So they decided to just shove these at unsuspecting underage children without first vetting the contents? Geeeeeeeeeesh!

"The group has been banned from the school district."

Don't worry, they'll be back once the initial storm dissipates.

UNH scientists to study cow burps . . . and more - Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010

UNH scientists to study cow burps . . . and more - Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010

I guess someone needs to justify their existence at UNH!