What is a Suitable Education?

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      What should education be like?  

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      15th December 2018

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      15th December 2018

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      How We Learn

      Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

      15th October 2021

      How We Learn

      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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      Portsmouth Judicial Review transcript and judgement

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      Compulsory register myth buster

      15th February 2022

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      Human rights, parental decision and education

      11th February 2022

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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

The importance of interest to achieving success and being happy

The importance of interest to achieving success and being happy

dan24th October 20182nd November 2020
Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge from 40 studies

Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge...

dan14th November 20187th April 2021
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

dan6th January 2019
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
Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

dan25th November 2018
Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

dan21st October 2018
Learning maths through life

Learning maths through life

dan20th October 2018
Kids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter Gray

Kids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter...

dan14th September 201814th September 2018
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
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

dan1st December 20187th May 2019
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 2018
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Broken System

Is it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?
A Broken System

Is it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?

dan20th October 2018
Government accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)
A Broken System

Government accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)

dan22nd October 2018
Two in five newly qualified teachers experience mental health problems, new study reveals (Independent)
A Broken System

Two in five newly qualified teachers experience mental health problems, new study...

dan6th November 201820th January 2019
UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
States of Mind: impact of school on mental health
Change Needed

States of Mind: impact of school on mental health

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachers
A Broken System

‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachers

dan24th September 20186th December 2018
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Calls for Change

Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation
Calls for Change

Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation

dan6th January 2019
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)
Calls for Change

Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)

dan6th January 2019
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
Parent groups campaigning for change
Calls for Change

Parent groups campaigning for change

dan15th January 201931st January 2019
Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future
Calls for Change

Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future

dan20th October 20182nd December 2018
Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainment
Calls for Change

Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainment

dan14th September 201814th September 2018
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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
The knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging it?
Future & Skills

The knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging...

dan21st October 201814th December 2018
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
Let kids get cyber skills playing and exploring online
Future & Skills

Let kids get cyber skills playing and exploring online

dan20th October 201814th December 2018
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Better Ways

What makes the Finnish school system successful? (Interviews with Pasi Silander)
Better Ways

What makes the Finnish school system successful? (Interviews with Pasi Silander)

dan22nd October 2018
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
The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)
Better Ways

The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)

dan6th January 2019
Alternatives in Education (organisation)
Better Ways

Alternatives in Education (organisation)

dan6th January 2019
Self-directed learning at Summerhill
Better Ways

Self-directed learning at Summerhill

dan20th October 2018
Learn through video: the Khan Academy
Better Ways

Learn through video: the Khan Academy

dan20th October 20182nd December 2018
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About Home Education

Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
Home education FAQs
About Home Education

Home education FAQs

Rose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022
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
Bibliography – Home Education UK
Home Education

Bibliography – Home Education UK

Rose Arnold14th October 2020
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
Socialisation and visibility of home educated children
About Home Education

Socialisation and visibility of home educated children

Rose Arnold16th September 202116th September 2021
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Personal Stories

Rose: my five-year old daughter is not going to school
Personal Stories

Rose: my five-year old daughter is not going to school

dan15th October 201820th January 2019
Personal accounts: home ed and academic success
Personal Stories

Personal accounts: home ed and academic success

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
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
Suky
Personal Stories

Suky

dan15th December 201815th December 2018
Mum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep them alive”
Personal Stories

Mum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep...

dan15th 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
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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