Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Home schooling dispute leads to foster care

In reference to Montreal Gazette article "Home schooling dispute leads to foster care" by William Marsden back in 2006.

Home schooling dispute leads to foster care

Wendy Priesnitz - Challenging Assumptions Blog - June 2006: "The family couldn’t afford a lawyer to defend them in court. Eventually, after the media publicized the case, the Quebec Association for Home-Based Education (QAHBE) supplied the family with a lawyer. And immediately after the lawyer appeared on the scene, the children were allowed to return home pending the outcome of a court case this week (with judgment to be rendered at the end of the school year, presumably in a few weeks). The cost of legal representation isn’t being completely covered by QAHBE, so interested education activist and children’s rights advocate Marilyn Rowe is fundraising.�"

Quebec Home Based Learning Resource Page

Sunday, January 3, 2010

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