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Education Archive
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Videos explaining home education from Education Otherwise
Posted on August 14, 2009 | No CommentsThere are now three films commissioned by EO which you can circulate widely to MPs, friends, family and anybody else who might support us. School is not compulsory explains what […] -
What happened when HEYC visited DCSF
Posted on August 1, 2009 | No Commentshttp://www.heyc.org.uk and their first press release is here: http://heyc.org.uk/news The young people travelled to DCSF as intended, and the resulting video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOkaQmZdjks -
Lies, damned lies and statistics – Badman’s statistics are just plain dodgy.
Posted on July 26, 2009 | No CommentsAlthough Mr Badman’s review claims that home educated children are twice as likely to be known to social services, and the press wrongly interpreting that as twice as likely to […] -
AHEd Calls In The BRE and Slams Yet Another Unnecessary Consultation!
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No CommentsAction for Home Education (AHEd) has appealed to the Better Regulation Executive to halt the public consultation "Home Education – Registration and Monitoring Proposals" for England saying it is an […] -
Abuse in Elective Home Education (EHE)
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Commentshttp://spreadsheets.gooAbuse in Elective Home Education (EHE) gle.com/pub?key=rbrk5-GEdrUdcmfi670Mihg&gid=2 Despite Badman’s claims that home educated children are more likely to be abused – LA authority figures show the opposite. -
Why the Badman review is wrong – A review of the legal situation in UK and USA
Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Commentshttp://www.hslda.org/docs/news/200907130.asp -
Home Educated children have their say…
Posted on July 6, 2009 | No Commentshttp://www.ukhome-educators.co.uk/Survey/childsurvey0609.htm Here are the results of a recent survey that show what home educated children feel about the Badman’s recommendations. Funnily enough most of them don’t want the be interviewed […] -
An American view on home education’s blight in Europe
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Commentshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/28/home-schooling-losing-ground-all-over-europe/ -
Expert view on Badman
Posted on June 21, 2009 | No CommentsRoland Meighan’s response to the Badman review has just made public. As one of the very few "experts" in home education and systems. His response, together with a piece entitled […] -
In the papers – for freedom to educate in the way that suits your child
Posted on June 16, 2009 | No CommentsAs home educators prepare for an intense battle against the government it is important that everyone understands how that the precedent set by proposed changes to home education means to […]