Homeschooling Abroad

 We’re visiting Okinawa, Japan and staying on base at Kadena AFB.  Many military families homeschool their children, as they move from base to base.  What about Japanese families?  In Japan Homeschooling is permitted at age 14, because high school is optional.  Here is a bit more about Japanese homeschooling. I found an article about the laws governing homeschooling in Europe; none of which impacts families living on a military base.  Here is a bit of background about ‘home education’ in the U.K.  Here is an article, ‘Why Homeschooling is unnecessary in Germany’, describing the homeschool ban.  Evidently, families can form a school together; however, they may not attend one day Co-op classes, common here in the U.S.  Here is an outline of the rules in different Canadian provinces—which seem to vary greatly, just as different states in the U.S. do.  Look at this post about homeschooling in China.  Yikes!  I am blessed  to teach at a Co-op in Virginia with devout families, making homeschooling feasible and a joy.  Cheers to those families who persevere despite touch circumstances.