Episode Five: What is HSLDA? – Kitchen Table Cult

Hännah and Kieryn talk with Kathryn Brightbill, Legislative Policy Analyst at CRHE about the Homeschool Legal Defense Association – what their role is in the current state of things, where they came from, and why they’ve managed to win so far.

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Quick and Dirty Primer on HSLDA: https://homeschoolersanonymous.org/2013/09/23/a-quick-and-dirty-primer-on-hslda/
Mike Farris, Concerned Women for America legal team: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerned_Women_for_America
Anonymous Tip: https://www.amazon.com/Anonymous-Tip-Michael-Farris/dp/0805462937
J. Michael Smith: http://midlifeblogger.com/homeschool-heroes-interview-j-michael-smith-hslda/
https://nche.hslda.org/docs/news/2017/201705240.asp
Role-playing on how to handle a social worker 1995″ http://www.nathhan.com/howtosocial.htm
Court Report: https://hslda.org/content/courtreport/Archives.asp?Year=1997
https://www.propublica.org/article/small-group-goes-great-lengths-to-block-homeschooling-regulation
Parental Rights Amendment: https://hslda.org/content/docs/nche/Issues/P/Parental_Rights_Amendment.asp
CEDAW (not ratified): https://nche.hslda.org/legislation/national/2002/CEDAWTreaty/default.asp
UN Rights of the Child (not ratified): https://hslda.org/content/docs/news/200906161.asp
Child labor: https://hslda.org/content/docs/news/2018/20180314-stop-discriminating-against-homeschooled-teens.aspx
Un Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (not ratified): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_Persons_with_Disabilities
https://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/bob-dole-home-school-legal-defense-109201

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