Monday, May 11, 2009

Home-schooling becoming popular in Switzerland...

Although growth is not as spectacular as in the United States or Britain, the number of Swiss parents educating their children at home is rising.

Mounting discontent with the state system, bad influences at school, poor moral and religious instruction and the cost of private schools are some of the main reasons inspiring more parents to choose home schooling.

In the US the number of families who educate at home has tripled from 850,000 in 1999 to over 2 million. In Britain it is estimated that about 50,000 children are presently schooled at home, but the number is increasing fast. More...

See also:

  1. German family in US seeks asylum over home-schooling...
  2. Home-schooling, the quiet revolution...
  3. Stupid in America, a look at American public schools...
  4. U.S.: home-schooling growing in popularity...
  5. Brazil: couple condemned for homeschooling their kids!!! 

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