Is Education a “Public Good”?
Second Reading debate on Isle of Man Education Bill highlights why elective home education is under attack everywhere. What’s been said? Many readers will know that a new Education Bill has been …
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Home Educated Candidates Ignored but Not Quite Forgotten
In the uproar over national exam results, there is a little encouragement for excluded HE candidates What’s been said? In recent weeks attention has been focussed on examination results, as governments across …
More Scottish Parents Choose to Home Educate as Schools Reopen
One parent comments, “It’s been the one positive thing to come from the pandemic (which is weird but true).” What’s been said? Lockdown and attendant school closures have made life even busier …
Positive News for Home Educators in Wales
Proposals for home education statutory guidance and draft database regulations put on hold as Welsh Government resources have to be prioritised in “unprecedented times” What’s been said? On 22 June 2020 Kirsty …
Vigilance still Needed
With the spotlight on pandemic schooling at home and the problems of reopening schools, it is helpful to be reminded that state distrust of home education has not evaporated. What’s been said? …
Home Truths on Home Education in Scotland and Elsewhere
The Scottish Home Education Forum’s investigation of local authorities’ relationships with home educating families provides vital insights for other parts of the UK What’s been said? On Monday 10 March, the Scottish …