Posts Tagged ‘ German homeschooling ’

Why are Germans leaving Germany?

The Frankfurter Allgemeine wants to know. Meine Auswanderungsgeschichte (My Emigration Story), 26 June 2008, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Frankfurt, Germany Dagmar Neubronner, whose family fled to England because of prosecution for homeschooling, brought it to the attention of the blog, Educating Germany.
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If your friends jumped off the Empire State building, I suppose you would, too?

The recent court decision in Kassel, Germany is part of a growing trend of child protection actions for thoughts, not just physical harm to a child. This has happened not only in Germany, but apparently, in other ‘western’ countries. In the United States, authorities took over 400 children of the Yearning for Zion ranch...
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Dudeks sentenced to prison in Germany

Dudeks sentenced to prison in Germany

Our family lived in Germany for 18 years, and we were sad to leave.  My children consider Germany home, in part because a goodly portion of our forebears have names such as Ackermann, Zimmermann, Wirth and Ostertag.  Reading reports such as the one that follows, from a place that was enjoyable for us is like finding out...
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Are there new developments?

Today, both of my newsreaders, the one for news articles, and the one for the blogs I read, contained warning headlines that German homeschoolers are again under the gun. One headline was from the HomeschoolBuzz, and the other was from World Net Daily (WND). The Buzz linked to the WND article. Intrigued, I checked...
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Dagmar Neubronner on BBC World Service broadcast

This link will probably be valid only until Monday, 31 March 2008. The portion of the broadcast featuring Frau Neubronner is about 2/3 of the way through the program. BBC World Service: click on Tue., and move the pointer about 2/3rds of the way along the bar. posted by Valerie
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Update on Neubronner family

The Neubronners have left Germany and are living on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Out of Germany’ An update from the Neubronner Family, 25 January 2008, LearningFreely.net Hello to All of our friends and supporters, We are swimming and surfing, and trying to make the best of this adventure. We...
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Americans push German school law limits

It is one thing to support the efforts of citizens to change the laws of their own country.  It is another thing for outsiders to provoke a reaction there.   German Court Denies Missionary Family Residence Visa over Homeschooling, 25 January 2008, Lifesite, Niagara Falls, New York A German court has rejected the visa appeal...
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Help German homeschoolers by clicking

Help German homeschoolers by clicking

Vote to Support German Homeschoolers, 22 January 2008, Dare To Know On a German website where people can put questions to Angela Merkel, someone has asked why homeschooling is not possible in Germany. Only those questions with the highest number of points will be answered. You can support this questioner by adding to the...
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Social change in Germany

Dana at Principled Discovery comments on the small changes concerning public attitudes about the relationship between the German state and German citizens. A different presentation of German homeschooling In the wake of a few high profile cases, however, there is evidence that public attitude is beginning to shift. There have been a number of...
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Fines continue to mount for Neubronner family

The following was forwarded to me from the Neubronner family in Germany: Dagmar Neubronner asked me to inform you all that she received a letter from the Bremen Education authorities today, in which they are fined another 3000 euros, 1500 each for her and her husband, Tilman. This is on top of the other...
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