In response to our post last week on Homeschool in Germany, go to jail, Gary Davis, of HomeSchoolBuzz.com, sent me a whole bunch of links to articles over the last couple years about homeschooling in Germany. Last year a number of parents were sent to jail. Here are some posts from 2004: one, two, three. Here are some more posts from 2005: one, two, three.
The first link leads to a chronology of one group's struggle with the German government to be allowed to homeschool their children. The last entry is dated February 2006 and says: "After a whole year of meetings and discussions, the Ministry of Education and the Community in Klosterzimmern agreed upon setting up a private school. We and our children are very happy about this and thank God for this solution." It looks like in some situations parents can teach their children at home.
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And on a related note, Scatty, a homeschooling blogger in Germany has written more about the current situation, along with a plea for help.
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