(Reaffirming the resolution adopted by WPA’s members in May, 1998) […]
Category: WHPA Resolutions
56. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities
(Reaffirming the resolution adopted by WPA’s members in May, 1996) […]
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55. Maintain Parental Rights in Education by Refusing to Sign Public School Withdrawal Forms (5/15)
Whereas increasingly many public school officials have adopted the practice of requiring that parents sign a withdrawal form in order for their child to be removed from the public school’s enrollment records; and Whereas Wisconsin statutes specifically state that the parent or guardian of a child ages 6 through 18 shall cause the child to […]
54. Maintain the Distinction Between Homeschooling and Public Virtual Charter Schools (5/14)
Whereas the pioneers of the modern homeschooling movement in Wisconsin worked together despite their differences to ensure that the Wisconsin Legislature passed a reasonable homeschooling law that recognized the right of families to choose for their members an education consistent with their principles and beliefs; and Whereas homeschoolers have organized themselves as Wisconsin Parents Association […]
53. Common Core State Standards in Education (5/13)
Whereas since the publication in 1983 of A Nation at Risk, a federal report on the status of education in the US, there has been an increasing push by both Democrats and Republicans to reform public education from the top down through federal goals, standards, testing requirements, reporting, and monitoring of children and families; these […]
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52. Encouraging Homeschoolers to File Form PI-1206 Online in Accordance With the Law (5/12)
Whereas Wisconsin has a very reasonable homeschooling law that has worked well for homeschoolers for 28 years; and Whereas this law is something Wisconsin homeschoolers working through Wisconsin Parents Association (WPA) have worked hard to achieve and maintain; and Whereas the educational establishment continues to look for reasons to further regulate homeschooling in Wisconsin; and […]
51. New Kindergarten Statute and Homeschooling (5/11)
Whereas the recent five-year-old kindergarten statute will result in children being put under increased pressure socially, academically, and emotionally; and Whereas, in part due to Wisconsin Parents Association’s (WPA) work and testimony over the years opposing such legislation, it does not directly affect homeschoolers today but is confusing to homeschoolers and a cause of concern […]
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50. Prevent Further Erosion of the Role of Parents in Children’s Early Years (5/10)
Whereas educational institutions, state and federal governments, many professionals and their associations, major corporate interests as well as the media are promoting a wide range of programs and policies such as universal childcare, home visitations by professionals, birth to three programs, preschool screening, mental health screening, and four and five year old kindergarten; and Whereas […]
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49. Importance of Parents to Children’s Development and Learning and a Family’s Well Being (5/09)
Whereas major studies over the past 40 years have consistently shown parents and families, rather than schools or teachers, to be the determining factor in whether a child succeeds academically and socially; and Whereas day care and preschool have been shown to lead to anti-social and aggressive behavior; and Whereas child care can have serious […]
48. Maintaining the Basic Principles of Homeschooling (5/08)
Whereas during the past 30 years, parents and families have reestablished and confirmed the basic and traditional concept of homeschooling in the United States as a practice whereby parents take primary and direct responsibility for the education of their children with as little state regulation as possible; and Whereas this practice in Wisconsin has been […]
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