While not specifically about homeschooling, an article by Brian Gresko, a stay-at-home dad and writer, explains his view that childhood is under attack by the very people who should be protecting it: parents. His article In Defense of Childhood: Let Kids Be Kids! explains: Many of the most important skills are untestable — imagination,...
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In Defense of Childhood
German Lesson
In an article title The Homeschool Movement’s German Lesson Joy Pavelski reports in The American, the Journal of the American Enterprise Institute, on the German homeschooling family which moved to the U.S.: On January 26, a Tennessee judge granted political asylum to Uwe and Hannelore Romeike and their five children, three years after German...
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Visit with the Romeike Family
Alexandra Frean, visits the Romeike family in Morristown, TN and writes about it in The Times - Exiled: the parents who dared to teach at home It was just after 7am in a chilly October day in 2006 when the police came knocking. Uwe and Hannalore Romeike and their three children remained quiet, scarcely...
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Homeschooling and Immigration – Canada
An article on The Globe and Mail site tells us about an Canadian immigration case: They hid from German authorities, fled to Denmark and sought safety in Canada. All this for a chance to freely educate their children at home. Now the German family will take their cause one step further when they appear...
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Romeike Family Asylum Ctd.
In a piece pre-dated for Monday, March 8th, Time reports on the Romeike Asylum case again: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Homeschool. So why did he seek asylum in the U.S. rather than relocate to nearby Austria or another European country that allows homeschooling? Romeike’s wife Hannelore tells...
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A New Basis for U.S. Asylum Claims: Homeschooling
TIME picks up the Romeike asylum case: The ruling is sure to ignite passions on both sides of the debate — and may spur other parents around the world to follow the Romeikes’ lead. If this happens, the U.S. could see a flood of a new type of refugees —educational asylum seekers. This is...
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Romeike family asylum
News of the Romeike family’s asylum ruling is making the rounds. This is the first piece on the Romeike decision that I found which has done independent reporting and provides some context to this situation in Germany. US judge grants German homeschooling family asylum. “Homeschoolers are a particular social group that the German government...
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The German sky is falling on homeschoolers
Germany Declares War on Home-Schoolers, 11 August 2008, Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Virginia Beach, Virginia It certainly looks as if the German government has declared open season on Germany’s tiny home-schooling community. 1. I was told the same thing when I started homeschooling in Munich in 1990. (American military under the auspices of the NATO...
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Homeschool petition presented to European Parliament Petitions Committee
I received this press release today from Rina Groeneveld. Robert and Rina Groeneveld, Kathy Sinnott Thursday, 17th July 2008 European Commission to open dialogue with Germany on their hypocritical home schooling law following Irish petition A petition on a ban on home schooling, hosted by Kathy Sinnott, MEP for Ireland South, was discussed...
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- HEM wrote a new post, Bryn Athyn College - How to get into college?, on the site Taking a Closer LookHEM wrote a new post, Bryn Athyn College - How to get into college?, on the site Taking a Closer Look Great place for students schooled at home. It's Not Just About You! A Bryn Athyn college education isn't just about you. It's about your potential to make an impact. Here, you'll be encouraged to define your […] […]
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- James Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKJames Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKInstant Download! Stop The Bullying EBOOK This book provides practical methods of teaching respect, encouraging student responsibility, and building compliance. This ebook also contains a supplemental character education section with techniques for praising students and encouraging more positive classroom behavior. It is d […]
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- Staying InformedStaying InformedThe issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to un […]
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Movie Short: “Homeschooled”
A human interest story from NorthJersey.com about a movie in the making: “It was lights, camera and a lot of action on a residential Ridgewood street and at Ridgewood High School last week as movie crews swooped in to film a short movie starring Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. “The movie, titled ‘Homeschooled,’ is...
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