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

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    • 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

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      Human rights, parental decision and education

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

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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

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
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 2018
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviews

Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviews

dan11th November 2018
Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

dan24th October 2018
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

dan14th January 201921st June 2021
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
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
Love of learning more important than IQ

Love of learning more important than IQ

dan21st September 201821st September 2018
Making kids read makes them less interested in it

Making kids read makes them less interested in it

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

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

dan6th January 2019
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
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Broken System

Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school
A Broken System

Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school

dan1st December 2018
Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculum
A Broken System

Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculum

dan24th October 2018
Ellie Chick’s results day Twitter video #ForgottenThird
Change Needed

Ellie Chick’s results day Twitter video #ForgottenThird

dan29th November 2018
School prevents children from exercising enough
A Broken System

School prevents children from exercising enough

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
‘Off-rolling is unethical, inappropriate and beyond repugnant – the consequences are devastating’ (TES)
A Broken System

‘Off-rolling is unethical, inappropriate and beyond repugnant – the consequences are devastating’...

dan6th January 2019
Pupil brings legal action against school’s isolation policy (The Guardian)
A Broken System

Pupil brings legal action against school’s isolation policy (The Guardian)

dan20th December 201820th January 2019
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Calls for Change

Dear government: an open letter about special needs education
Calls for Change

Dear government: an open letter about special needs education

dan15th December 201815th December 2018
Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system
Calls for Change

Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system

dan3rd September 201815th December 2018
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)
Calls for Change

Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)

dan6th January 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
Sir Ken Robinson: a revolution in education
Calls for Change

Sir Ken Robinson: a revolution in education

dan24th November 20181st March 2021
Dr Helen Lees: schools, colleges and universities not needed
Calls for Change

Dr Helen Lees: schools, colleges and universities not needed

dan25th November 20182nd December 2018
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Future & Skills

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 Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Value
Future & Skills

The Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Value

dan21st October 201814th December 2018
98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’
Future & Skills

98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’

dan25th November 20189th October 2021
CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone
Calls for Change

CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone

dan10th November 20185th October 2020
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
UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
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Better Ways

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

What if…young people designed their own learning?

dan24th September 2018
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud
Better Ways

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Learn through video: the Khan Academy
Better Ways

Learn through video: the Khan Academy

dan20th October 20182nd December 2018
Self-directed learning at Summerhill
Better Ways

Self-directed learning at Summerhill

dan20th October 2018
The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)
Better Ways

The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)

dan7th January 2019
The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)
Better Ways

The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)

dan6th January 2019
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About Home Education

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
Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education
Home Education

Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
How home educators move towards informal learning
About Home Education

How home educators move towards informal learning

dan10th January 201919th January 2019
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?
About Home Education

Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?

dan11th January 201919th June 2019
An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th January 2019
Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
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Personal Stories

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
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
Personal accounts: home ed and academic success
Personal Stories

Personal accounts: home ed and academic success

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
Dylan, 13, home ed for one year
Home Education

Dylan, 13, home ed for one year

dan20th October 201820th 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
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?
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    • About Home Education
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