Biography: Lies Feron is the coordinator of the European Forum for Freedom in Education. As coordinator of effe, Lies Feron concentrates her work on both the internal functioning of the organisation and on representation to other educational groups, political decision makers and civil society. She started working for effe in September 2005. She studied History, [...]
Biography: Dagmar and Tilman Neubronner are the parents of Moritz (11) and Thomas (9) Neubronner. Unschooling their kids since October 2005, sued their state because refusal of permission, emigrated from Germany January 2008 after severe persecution (penalty fines of at last 7500 EURO, bailiff, accounts blocked and “further means” threatened). The family is very present [...]
Biography: Christian W. Beck. A. Professor, dr. phil. in Education, University of Oslo, Norway. Research in Sociology of Education for many years. Dr. thesis: “Home education in Norway” (2006), empiric based in a survey of Norwegian home education families. Participation in OTH (The Norwegian centre for home education information). Topic: The Decline of Modern Schools [...]
Biography: Kent Eaton, originally from the US, has been involved in alternative learning environments since the seventies. In 1995 a few years after moving to The Netherlands he opted to create an alternative learning environments website in English and Dutch. In 1999 the ALO ‘Alternative Learning Organization, officially ‘Stichting alternatieve leervormen’ or SAL. was established [...]
Biography: Nanda van Gestel is a long-time unschooling mom of four sons (now 18, 15, 12 and 9 years old). She believes that raising children, with as much love and freedom possible, is the most fulfilling and important job in the world. Her oldest son (who is disabled) learned best when he was free to [...]
