Blog Demonstrations for the right to educate without school

Home schooling is not legal, rules Spanish Constitutional Court

Join the manifestation of blogs and help us spread the words of freedom and solidarity to the home-educating families in Spain. They need your support.

Join the blog protest and help defend the right to education outside school in Spain. Wherever you live, add the symbol of protest in your blogs and your link here. If you want you can also share your thoughts on the decision of the Spanish court.

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Tribunal Constitucional Español contra el homeschooling
This is the end, my friend
Más reacciones a la sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional
La angustia de educar en casa
La Constitución no es suficiente
La sentencia del TC
La violencia legítima del Estado
Sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional
Primeras reacciones ante la sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional
El TC se opone a la libertad de educación.
El Tribunal Constitucional falla en contra del homeschooling

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What's on the news today

Jayne, who educates her three children aged nine, 12 and 15, said: “A lot of us feel the proposed changes are not about benefiting the child but about control. As the current legislation stands we have a very free system and that is a good thing. We want to protect it for people who need to make that choice in the future.” Read more...

Plans to force home-schooling families to register their children with local authorities are “not a good use of public money”, according to a member of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board. Read more...

Rising numbers of parents are being fined for taking children out of school for cheap term-time holidays. Read it here.

Dealing with truancy, the american way

Simple! Tag the children with GPS Tracking Devices!


More here and here.

Chomsky on education

The War on Kids

Best educational documentary - New York Independent Film and Video Festival. Official site here.

Truancy Sweeps

You can also watch it here.

Home Education in Germany

Sex ring teachers convicted

"Two school teachers have been sentenced to death in China for forcing more than 20 young girls - including some of their own pupils - into prostitution."

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