Sweden Tightens Legal Noose on Homeschooling

Don’t assume this can’t happen here. Via Lifesite

Previous regulations specified that home instruction must be a “fully satisfactory alternative” to state-run education, and officials may inspect homeschooling families to make sure they are keeping up to speed. The new law keeps the previous regulations but adds a third, highly restrictive clause: parents may only homeschool after they have demonstrated “exceptional circumstances.” Despite the fact that the council of the Swedish supreme court charged with reviewing the laws recommended a clarification on the meaning of the ambiguous term “exceptional circumstances,” the government moved ahead without doing so. Read more…