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Chile: Legal victory for home schooling family

Chile: Legal victory for home schooling family
Widow Aldunate family | ADF-I
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
29 August, 2023 2 min read

A Chilean Court has unanimously upheld a family’s right to educational freedom in a landmark home schooling case.

Teenager José Antonio Widow Aldunate sought justice after his high-school diploma was rejected, barring him from university acceptance.

He had been home schooled, participating remotely in a US-based home schooling programme from Marble Falls Academy. The Texas-based school works in partnership with the Argentinian Mare Verum Academy.

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