School attendance as a civic duty v. home education as a human right

School attendance as a civic duty v. home education as a human right

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The article presents the legal situation of home education in Germany as a multi-level problem touching upon German constitutional law, State (Länder) constitutional law as well as administrative law, and the liberties of the European Convention of Human Rights. Whereas the parents’ right to care...

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Main Author: Franz Reimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2010-10-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
Subjects:
Home education
compulsory schooling
Basic Law
European Convention of Human Rights
integrationStarting Point Time and again
the media in Germany and
indeed
elsewhere report on German families who seek judicial protection from school authorities enforcing compulsory schooling. Occasionally
they also give accounts of those who leave the country after long battles with authorities (and courts) particularly if the journey ends with political asylum as in the case of the Romeike family who now lives (and home schools) in Morristown/Tennessee (Robertson
2010). According to German public opinion
home education has long been seen as associated to fundamentalist Evangelicals who wish to shelter their children from an impure environment and in exchange accept state sanctions imposed for the breach of compulsory schooling. This cliché concerns both the facts and the law. In search of a more detailed and differentiated picture
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