Abstract
Those advocating home education often talk about their ‘right to home educate’ as a ‘human right’. This alignment creates a powerful moral and strategic argument in the face of anyone seeking to limit or deny home education. Attempts to restrict parents in exercising this ‘right’ are intensively monitored and aggressively challenged both at a local and international level (Petrie, 1995, 2001; Stevens, 2001, CSFC, 2009, 2010). Proponents argue that this right is based on the philosophy that home education does not harm children, and that parental education choice is core to a democracy.
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Monk, D. (2015). Home Education: A Human Right?. In: Rothermel, P. (eds) International Perspectives on Home Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446855_12
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