Call to Action: Email Your Swedish Embassy
February 14, 2012: The homeschool situation in Sweden is rapidly deteriorating. Swedish families request urgent help from their fellow homeschoolers around the world and call for a massive email campaign to Swedish Embassies.

Bulgaria a Battlefield for Anti-Family Social Engineering
February 8, 2012: Family advocates in Bulgaria say “rights of the child” language disguises an attempt to take the country back to the dark years of communist totalitarianism, where children do not belong to their parents but to a socialist state.

Sweden Says No Jewish Homeschooling
February 3, 2012: Jewish citizens in Sweden note that Sweden does not tolerate differences well, as a Jewish homeschooling family faces hefty fines.

Bullying by the Local Authorities
February 3, 2012: Swedish newspaper Värlen Idag says that the Himmelstrand family’s fine of nearly $26,000 for homeschooling amounts to bullying from their local municipal authorities (Swedish).

Fined for Homeschooling: 180,000 Swedish Kroner
February 3, 2012: The Himmelstrand family fights for their right to homeschool in the face of crippling fines. Swedish newspaper Dagen reports (Swedish).

Japan: Child Abuse Laws Negatively Affect Homeschoolers
January 25 , 2012: The director of a Japanese homeschool organization reports on recent developments and needs of homeschoolers in Japan.

Czech Republic: Homeschool Improvements on the Horizon
January 23, 2012: Homeschoolers work to pass a bill that would eliminate unnecessary state requirements and make homeschooling permanent after a five-year experimental mode.

Homeschooling Catching on Slowly
February 3, 2012: The Hindu newspaper documents that home education is steadily growing among India’s billions of citizens.