Educating Germany
Persecution despite successful homeschooling in Bavaria
The International Human Rights Group are representing the Schmidt family against the German authorities.
Hans and Petra Schmidt live in Bavaria, Southern Germany. From their home, they have been teaching their children, Josua and Aaron, for 9 years, with great success. Were they in America this would be considered an appropriate way to educate their children. Unfortunately for the Schmidt family, they are not Americans. Since they are Germans and are educating their own children in Germany, the Schmidt family is considered to be violating the law....
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For those new to the situation in Germany: home educating is (perceived as) illegal.
The common citation for forced school attendance is to protect against parallel societies.
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