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Open letter to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Home Education

Friday, 5th March 2010 | Civil Liberties, Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Neil T I am responding to a report, from memory, by a home educator of a recent meeting with the APPG for elective home education, so if I have misrepresented the gist of what was conveyed I apologise . . .

Why I will ‘Just Say No’ to a forward plan

Monday, 30th November 2009 | Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Barbara When it comes to the practice of elective home education, many people have had the wool pulled over their eyes by so called independent expert Graham Badman, whose task earlier this year was to produce policy based evidence so that . . .

The Badman effect on Scotland: a résumé

Friday, 6th November 2009 | Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Schoolhouse As Scotland’s national home education support organisation, Schoolhouse continues to be deluged with enquiries from home educators throughout the UK who are concerned about the implications of the Badman review for home education north of the border. While some Engish . . .

Equality and Human Rights case service (Scotland)

Friday, 30th October 2009 | Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Posted by Ali P Govan Law Centre’s Education Law Unit, supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, runs a case service for children and young people in education in Scotland who have been discriminated against or whose . . .

What if…?

Wednesday, 28th October 2009 | Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Barbara What if registration and monitoring are inevitable, as some “negotiators” would have us believe? Surely that sentiment can only be expressed by someone who has given up, or who, for some other reason, is choosing . . .

Just Say No (Home Ed Forums)

Saturday, 24th October 2009 | Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Ali P A response to the DCSF CON-sultation on proposals for the registration and monitoring of law abiding home educating families. 1 Do you agree that these proposals strike the right balance between the . . .