What is a Suitable Education?

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      What should education be like?  

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      Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

      15th October 2021

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      What should education be like?  

      14th August 2020

      How We Learn

      Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

      14th January 2019

      How We Learn

      Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology…

      6th January 2019

  • Change Needed
    • A Broken System Calls for Change Better Ways Voice of the Child
      A Broken System

      States of Mind: impact of school on mental…

      21st June 2021

      A Broken System

      Impacts of isolation

      17th January 2021

      A Broken System

      Black working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English…

      17th January 2021

      A Broken System

      National Curriculum too narrow and failing generations of…

      15th January 2019

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      Compulsory register myth buster

      15th February 2022

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      Human rights, parental decision and education

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      The Children Aren’t Missing: Response to De Souza’s…

      30th January 2022

What is a Suitable Education?

In Brief

Hello!

Hello!

Rose Arnold14th August 20209th December 2020
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Who are we?

Who are we?

dan15th December 201814th August 2020
Better ways

Better ways

dan15th December 201827th January 2019
Broken system

Broken system

dan15th December 201827th January 2019
Calls for change

Calls for change

dan15th December 201827th January 2019

How We Learn

What the modern world has forgotten about children and learning

What the modern world has forgotten about children and learning

dan20th October 20188th December 2018
What age is the ‘right’ age to read? (Today’s Parent)

What age is the ‘right’ age to read? (Today’s Parent)

dan29th November 2018
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

dan1st December 20187th May 2019
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

dan21st October 2018
Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

dan10th November 2018
Video: What is self-directed education?

Video: What is self-directed education?

dan6th January 2019
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)

Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)

dan10th November 2018
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
Learning maths through life

Learning maths through life

dan20th October 2018
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

dan14th January 201921st June 2021
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Broken System

UK school system failing
A Broken System

UK school system failing

dan14th May 201815th October 2021
‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)
A Broken System

‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)

dan6th October 201820th January 2019
Big SATs sit-in (More Than A Score)
A Broken System

Big SATs sit-in (More Than A Score)

dan22nd December 201820th January 2019
Restricted toilet access – how is this okay?
A Broken System

Restricted toilet access – how is this okay?

dan22nd September 2018
School prevents children from exercising enough
A Broken System

School prevents children from exercising enough

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculum
A Broken System

Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculum

dan24th October 2018
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Calls for Change

School starting age: the evidence
Calls for Change

School starting age: the evidence

dan24th September 2018
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)
Calls for Change

Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)

dan6th January 2019
George Monbiot on Schools
Calls for Change

George Monbiot on Schools

dan14th May 20183rd September 2018
Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar tests
Calls for Change

Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar tests

dan10th November 2018
Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders is sad
Change Needed

Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders...

dan20th November 20182nd December 2018
We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of artificial intelligence (Telegraph)
Calls for Change

We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of...

dan6th January 2019
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Future & Skills

IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future success
Future & Skills

IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future success

dan14th September 201820th January 2019
How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the future
Future & Skills

How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the future

dan25th November 2018
UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
Institute for the Future on the skills needed
Future & Skills

Institute for the Future on the skills needed

dan6th January 2019
Future and skills
Future & Skills

Future and skills

dan15th December 20182nd April 2019
CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone
Calls for Change

CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone

dan10th November 20185th October 2020
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Better Ways

Inspiration from the Finnish system
Better Ways

Inspiration from the Finnish system

dan10th November 2018
Alternatives in Education (organisation)
Better Ways

Alternatives in Education (organisation)

dan6th January 2019
Mix it up: friends of different ages
Better Ways

Mix it up: friends of different ages

dan11th November 201821st January 2019
Self-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schools
Better Ways

Self-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schools

dan21st September 201821st September 2018
Philosophy for children
Better Ways

Philosophy for children

dan6th January 2019
What if…young people designed their own learning?
Better Ways

What if…young people designed their own learning?

dan24th September 2018
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About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)
About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)

dan15th December 2018
Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
Socialisation and visibility of home educated children
About Home Education

Socialisation and visibility of home educated children

Rose Arnold16th September 202116th September 2021
Survey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)
About Home Education

Survey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)

Rose Arnold15th February 202217th February 2022
Concerns about home education are “rooted in class and ethnicity”
Home Education

Concerns about home education are “rooted in class and ethnicity”

Rose Arnold21st June 201921st June 2021
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?
About Home Education

Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?

dan11th January 201919th June 2019
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Personal Stories

Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needs
Personal Stories

Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional...

dan12th December 201825th January 2019
Ex SENCO teacher Sarah home educates her children
Personal Stories

Ex SENCO teacher Sarah home educates her children

dan26th January 201927th January 2019
Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”
Personal Stories

Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”

Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021
Xavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive gaming
Personal Stories

Xavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive...

dan25th November 201824th January 2019
Suky
Personal Stories

Suky

dan15th December 201815th December 2018
Jaz: first-class degree from London College of Fashion, despite dyslexia
Personal Stories

Jaz: first-class degree from London College of Fashion, despite dyslexia

dan15th December 201819th January 2019
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What is a Suitable Education?
  • Home
  • In Brief
  • Learning
    • How We Learn
    • Future & Skills
  • Change Needed
    • A Broken System
    • Calls for Change
    • Better Ways
    • Voice of the Child
  • Home Education
    • No Monitoring
    • Personal Stories
    • About Home Education
    • Safeguarding Analysis