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Donnelly, Michael P. – Journal of School Choice, 2016
Homeschooling is legal and growing in many countries but is virtually forbidden by law in Germany and a few others. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has reviewed and upheld this ban. Is home education a human right? How do these courts employ their jurisprudence of proportionality to find banning home education does not violate relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
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Villalba, Cynthia M. – Theory and Research in Education, 2009
In Sweden approximately 100 children a year are in home-based education, which is regulated by local policies that interpret legislation and guide practice. Based on a detailed analysis of documents drawn up in two municipalities, the article highlights different interpretations of the role and requirement of "insyn" (insight) in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Municipalities, State School District Relationship
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Villalba, Cynthia M. – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
The paper first introduces the national and local framework for compulsory-level "undervisning pa annat satt" [teaching/education otherwise than in school] education in Sweden. According to national statistics in Sweden, every year an average of 100 children are registered as receiving their education at home, arranged in some cases by…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1894
This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1891-'92, containing Part I. This volume includes the Commissioner's Introduction and Part I, which contains the chapters: (1) General Classified Summary of Pupils of All Grades in Public and Private Schools and Institutions; (2) Statistics of State Common School Systems;…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Public Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education