A German family has fled to the US and is seeking political asylum so that they can home school their kids. In Germany, where sending your children to public schools is mandatory, they were being persecuted by the local law enforcement and government officials for not sending their children to school. The parents are evangelical Christians whose values conflict with much of what they teach at the public schools.
The story can be found here.
This is evidence of the fact that homeschooling is a right which we must fight for and protect. We don't want to end up like the Romeikes (the German family) and have the police knock down our doors in to take away our kids just because we are trying to provide them with a good education. Fortunately in NJ we are allowed to home school our children which should be an option that many parents may want to investigate if they live in an Abbott District. But our neighbor, NY, is not so lucky.
We must keep a vigilant eye on our local legislature that in their zeal to "reform" the education system in NJ that they don't tread on our right to educate our children in the best way we see fit.
To find out more about how and if you can home school your children please visit http://www.hslda.org.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Sean
You and your readers may also find the content at Educating Germany relevant to the discussion.
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