Susan Ryan blogs about educational freedom at Corn and Oil:

“Some Americans are disturbed that Swedish homeschooling families are losing their right to educate their children at home. What a depressing notion turning into a reality, that children can and will be taken from their homes because they’re learning at home with their families.

“In Sweden – a country oft considered a progressive’s dream- and Germany, families were torn apart when their homeschooled children were forced from their homes. But here in the US, states such as Pennsylvania and New York bear down on homeschoolers with oppressive rules, regulations and bureaucratic paperwork having little and nothing to do with learning.”

It’s a good post, worthy reading for anyone interested in educational freedoms – and, of course, we all should be.

Pat Farenga explained the situation in his June 28th post: Sweden Bans Homeschooling: What would Pippi Longstocking say?, subtitled ‘Educational Freedom Takes Another Hit: Sweden makes homeschooling illegal’:

“Our homeschooling friends in Sweden have suffered a major blow: On June 22, 2010 the Swedish Parliament effectively wiped-out the ability of families to choose homeschooling except under ‘exceptional circumstances.’”

Continue reading Pat’s post, in which Swedish homeschoolers explain why this is so bad.