{"id":1926180,"date":"2023-05-07T12:25:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-christian-school-takes-case-against-nations-homeschool-ban-to-high-court\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:29:23","slug":"german-christian-school-takes-case-against-nations-homeschool-ban-to-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-christian-school-takes-case-against-nations-homeschool-ban-to-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"German Christian school challenges homeschool ban in High Court."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-christian-school-takes-case-against-nations-homeschool-ban-to-high-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Christian Hybrid School Provider in Germany Files Lawsuit Over Denied Approval<\/h2>\n<p>The Association for Decentralized Learning, a Christian hybrid school provider in Germany, has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights after government officials refused to grant the entity approval to open new schools. The school offers both virtual and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-rise-in-homeschooling-in-england-over-philosophical-and-health-reasons\/\" title=\"Major Rise in Homeschooling in England Over 'Philosophical' and Health Reasons\">home education<\/a>, but German authorities did not approve a 2014 application from the Association for Decentralized Learning to launch primary and secondary educational opportunities. <\/p>\n<h3>Legal Battle Over Innovative School Based on Christian Values<\/h3>\n<p>Attorneys filed a lawsuit over the inaction in 2017 and presented their case in three separate hearings. The German Constitutional Court dismissed a final domestic appeal last year. Lawyers for Alliance Defending Freedom International will represent the school before the European Court of Human Rights and contend that the denial of recognition for \u201can innovative school based on Christian values\u201d should draw scrutiny. <\/p>\n<h3>Restrictive Educational System Violates Right to Education<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe right to education includes the right to embrace innovative approaches like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-secy-cardona-students-in-school-full-time-should-be-default-but-short-term-closures-might-be-needed-at-times\/\" title=\"Education Sec'y Cardona: Students in School, Full-Time Should Be 'Default' But 'Short-Term Closures Might Be Needed' at Times\">hybrid schooling<\/a>,\u201d ADF International Director of European Advocacy Felix B\u00f6llmann said. \u201cBy restricting this educational model, the state is violating the right of German citizens to pursue education that conforms with their convictions. When it comes to the requirement of physical presence, Germany has one of the most restrictive educational systems in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Outlawed Home Education and State-Mandated Curricula<\/h3>\n<p>Home education has been outlawed in Germany for more than a century, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-joe-biden-is-forcing-private-christian-schools-to-violate-their-beliefs-on-sexuality\/\" title=\"How Joe Biden Is Forcing Private Christian Schools To Violate Their Beliefs On Sexuality\">private religious schools<\/a> must follow state-mandated curricula from the area in which they are located. Tobias Riemenschneider, a pastor at Evangelical Reformed Baptist Church in Frankfurt, Germany, said that the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-christian-school-takes-case-against-nations-homeschool-ban-to-high-court\/\" title=\"German Christian school challenges homeschool ban in High Court.\">restrictive education laws present \u201cgreat difficulty<\/a> to parents who are convinced by their Christian faith that it is God\u2019s will for them to raise their children themselves in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Increasingly Difficult Home Education Across Europe<\/h3>\n<p>Riemenschneider said that Christian families, including some from his congregation, have left Germany to homeschool their children in Switzerland and France over the lack of robust private Christian schools and the cost of enrolling students in the programs. Across Europe, however, home education is \u201cbecoming increasingly difficult\u201d or is \u201cbanned altogether.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Personal Stakes in the Outcome of the Case<\/h3>\n<p>The outcome of the case is personal for Riemenschneider since his oldest daughter is slated to begin her formal education next year. \u201cI still don\u2019t know what to do about this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association for Decentralized Learning, a Christian hybrid school provider in Germany which offers both virtual and home education, filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights after government officials refused to grant the entity approval to open new schools. 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