The Language of Statism
Do the Education Secretary’s words demonstrate that the Government believes in the primacy of families, or will his rhetoric fade away in the future reality of policies such as a register of …
Tag: DfE
Academic warns against ill-informed and prejudicial policy-making
Leading academic urges Halfon not to squander the opportunity to make England a world leader in flexible, individualised education What’s been said? Dr Harriet Pattison is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood …
Education Committee’s Report is not What it Says on the Tin
Identifying the unexplained assumption which lay behind the Education Committee’s inquiry into Home Education. What’s been said? When the Education Select Committee announced its inquiry into “Home Education,” we encouraged home educating …
Orchestrated Lobbying Conflates Home Education with “Illegal Schools”
Members of an All Party Parliamentary Group outnumber other speakers by two to one in response to Lord Soley’s Oral Question What’s been said? The name on the House of Lords order …
A Parliamentary Spat Over SATs
Education Committee Chair insists SATs “are absolutely for the children. It is nothing to do with the schools.” What’s been said? Anyone who has listened to the Education Committee Oral Evidence Session …
Portsmouth Home Educators Take Next Step Towards a Judicial Review
£20,000 raised in just one day, but fundraiser still open for further donations What’s been said? At the start of February we reported on media coverage of difficulties being experienced by home …