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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Do you have a right to direct your child's education?

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Q&A: Do you have a right to direct your child's education?
Video: Evolution of Darwin: His Science, Part 1
Get Equipped: The Big Book of Earth & Sky
Blog Highlights
News to Note Quick Look
After Eden
Answers ... with Ken Ham

Q: Do you have a right to direct your child's education?

A: In an internationally watched court case that could determine whether German homeschoolers will be granted asylum or deported by the American government, the Romeike family had its asylum petition heard in a Cincinnati courtroom last Tuesday.
As far as liberty in the U.S. is concerned, attorney Michael Donnelly, director of international relations for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), shared with AiG staff the day after the oral arguments that he found it "very troubling what the Obama Administration was arguing in court" about homeschooling. He observed that the U.S. Attorney General was supporting the German government's assertion that homeschooling is not a parental right.
In essence, the Obama Administration was endorsing a belief that the upbringing of children really belongs to the government, not to the parents, and that governments have a right to educate children in the way they alone determine. As the Obama Administration chips away at the right of parents to homeschool their children, it is undermining the biblical admonition that children belong to the parents and that parents are responsible for the education of their children.
Learn more about the Romeike case and how the court ruling toward their family affects the religious freedom of every family in America.

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The Big Book of Earth & Sky
Here's a great resource for homeschoolers. Let your child take an exciting, visual journey from Earth's core to the edge of the outer atmosphere! Explore the elements that make up the soil, the sea, and the sky. Examine detailed charts and graphs about the earth's crust, caves, and clouds. Scan facts and figures on weather, mountains, and more.

News to Note Quick Look

Child abuse?: Are you abusing your children when you teach them that Jesus created them, loves them, died for them, and has a wonderful plan for their lives?
Zigzag evolution: Computer model uncovers the zigzag evolution of bird bipedality.
Convoluted story: Brain convolutions controlled by the same gene in mice and humans.
The lie and the collective: Startling admissions by gay activist and network commentator highlight the attack on the family.
Fish fins pair up "early": A jawless fish from Devonian rock has paired fins where even modern fish do not.