Trying to homeschool in Germany
Nov. 16, 2007
bad news in Germany, good news in the rest of Europe

The family that was on television last week has now had their bank accounts frozen, including their business accounts, which means that they have no income and no way to have one. For those who read German, here's an article about them, with links to lots of other articles, including some in English. (I didn't have time to check all of them, the WorldNetDaily link was to an article that's 10 days or so old.)

No time for much more at the moment. Another family lost custody of their children, although they've moved to Austria, another family that left the country is being hounded in the country where they now are.

However, in Rumania, where homeschooling has up until now been merely "tolerated", there appears to be a change towards actually making it officially legal. And in Slovakia, the only other country in Europe where homeschooling is not legal, a new law will be going into effect allowing it.


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Nov. 17, 2007 - God is Able!

Posted by jmcwnz

Hi Sheila,
Greetings from New Zealand, where we take our freedom to home educate much too lightly.
I have just read (and cried) through the last 6 months of posts. Isn't God good - coming up with wonderful solutions for your family.
I pray that the other families will find courage and strength in their ordeal with the German government.
It is good to see that the academics are starting to weigh in on the benefits of children being educated by their parents - may this increase and continue.

All the best in tidying up life in Germany, for work and life in South Africa and where-ever that leads you.
God IS able. May His richest Blessings by yours,
Johanna * Mark W, Grace (nearly 10), Nathan (7)

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My intention was originally just to store all the e-mails I've sent telling about our fight to homeschool in Germany. From August 2005 through February 2006, I also wrote about our experience in the German school system, and then we were out of the country for six months doing a DTS with YWAM. We've been back since the beginning of September, 2006.

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