The German Review

The German Review

The German families crossing borders to homeschool

From Denmark to digital classrooms, a small number of German families are testing alternatives to one of Europe’s strictest school-attendance systems.

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Rachel Stern
May 30, 2026
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Blanketed by golden fields and thatched-roof houses along the Baltic coast, the Danish island of Ærø seems made for a serene summer escape. For Christine Kalis from Flensburg, however, it also became the place where her two children could receive the kind of education they cannot in their own country.

Both, aged 9 and 12, are now homeschooled — permitted…

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