Exams Cancelled – Seize the Moment!
What’s been said? We all know that we are in another national lockdown no matter where in the UK we live. The papers and magazines all know it too, rushing to offer …
Tag: COVID-19
Government Letter to Local Authorities Causes Confusion
Department for Education guidance in response to parents withdrawing children from schools due to COVID-19 fears undermines educational freedom What’s been said? Early in November we commented on a DfE blog post …
Department for Education Announces a Registration Scheme in its Select Committee Submission
Does this mean that the recent lobbying by Halfon, the LGA, the ADCS and others has been superfluous, or is it a signal that a register is just the next step towards …
Researchers Recognise the Benefits of Home Education
How parents might use academic research to challenge the prejudicial way in which home education is viewed What’s been said? Here we comment on two brief and very readable comment pieces from …
All Children Must Receive a Formal Education
Reading the Local Government Association’s “Children missing education” report reveals the objective behind that atrocious Radio 4 Today segment What’s been said? On Monday 16 November home educating families across the UK …
Real Home Educators Heard on the BBC!
Investigative journalism conveys an unusually positive view of home education, as well as addressing several familiar objections What’s been said? BBC Radio 4’s “Bringing Up Britain” programmes will be familiar to many. …