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 his paymaster Ed Balls could continue his . . .

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 families are thinking of relocating to Scotland . . .

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 human rights have been breached. The service offers help for children . . .

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 not to fight against the destruction of fundamental freedoms that these compulsory . . .

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 rights of parents to home educate and the rights of children to receive a . . .