BERLIN – Leaders in the homeschooling movement from some two dozen countries signed a historic document dubbed the “Berlin Declaration” on November 3, demanding that governments around the world respect families and the fundamental human right to home education while slamming authorities in places like Germany and Sweden that ruthlessly persecute homeschoolers.

The Berlin Declaration, the first of its kind, argues that the right to home educate must be respected by every jurisdiction — after all, no government can legitimately violate the fundamental rights of citizens. Citing multiple human rights documents and a growing body of evidence showing the benefits of homeschooling, the document’s signatories — a surprisingly diverse coalition united by a passion for home education — say the senseless persecution must come to an end.

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BERLIN — Two leaders in the European home education movement, a father from Sweden and a German mother, drew tears from the audience as they told a packed conference room about life in exile and the heart-rending decision to flee abroad. While each of their stories was unique, both parents were forced to escape from their homelands due to relentless government persecution when they refused to stop homeschooling.

The presentations were made during a Friday workshop at the first-ever Global Home Education Conference (GHEC), held in Berlin, Germany, bringing together around 200 homeschooling leaders, policy makers, parents, human rights activists, and pro-family forces from every corner of the world. Meeting here this weekend, they say the plan is to join forces in the battle to protect the right of parents to direct the education and upbringing of children.

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The study notes that in Florida, as just one example, white families headed by single parents are five times more likely to live in poverty than those headed by married couples. And in Illinois, the poverty rate for a single mother with only a high school education stands at nearly 40 percent, compared with just eight percent for a similarly educated married couple.

Rector writes that “being married has the same effect in reducing poverty that adding five to six years to a parent's level of education has.”

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Christian Apologetics is the attempt to explain and defend Christian theology and philosophy against the assault of postmodern imperatives like materialism and scientism.  Apologetics brings reason and logic to the defense of faith, demonstrating that Christianity is both rational and reasonable.  Our text is C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, a fictional account of a series of letters written by the devil Screwtape and addressed to his nephew Wormwood.  The book is at once a shrewd indictment of godless materialism and a powerful assertion of the necessity of God from the perspective of reason and faith.

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The company was founded by Appleton’s American Opinion Foundation, a constitutionalist group, and began operating around 2008, said FreedomProject Executive Director Alan Scholl. Homeschooling families across the country have signed up with the school, and it now employs about 260 teachers.

The new site houses administrative offices and classrooms. The school offers classes for pre-kindergarten through high school that focus on “instilling a love of God and Country” in students, according to its website. Students who live in the area can attend some in-person classes, but most are taught online.

Article courtesy of the postcrescent link here. Written by Megan Nicolai.

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