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 waysBetter waysdan15th December 201827th January 2019 Broken systemBroken systemdan15th December 201827th January 2019 Calls for changeCalls for changedan15th December 201827th January 2019 How We Learn How children learn: British Council nails itHow children learn: British Council nails itdan1st December 2018 Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge from 40 studiesPlay is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge...dan14th November 20187th April 2021 What the modern world has forgotten about children and learningWhat the modern world has forgotten about children and learningdan20th October 20188th December 2018 Video: What is self-directed education?Video: What is self-directed education?dan6th January 2019 Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselvesSugata Mitra: how kids teach themselvesdan10th November 2018 Learning maths through lifeLearning maths through lifedan20th October 2018 The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020 Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019 Evidence base for Self-Directed EducationEvidence base for Self-Directed EducationRose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021 Love of learning more important than IQLove of learning more important than IQdan21st September 201821st September 2018 Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usDan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usdan1st December 20187th May 2019 Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsSelf-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsdan11th November 2018 Load more posts Broken System The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsA Broken SystemThe Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsdan12th January 201920th January 2019 School and the mental health crisis of children and young peopleA Broken SystemSchool and the mental health crisis of children and young peopledan13th January 201920th January 2019 UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018 ATL report: national curriculum needs fundamental changeA Broken SystemATL report: national curriculum needs fundamental changedan22nd October 201831st October 2020 School is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)A Broken SystemSchool is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)dan14th May 20182nd September 2018 Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupilsA Broken SystemGuardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupilsdan29th November 2018 Load more posts Calls for Change Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsCalls for ChangeProfessional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsdan10th November 2018 Prof Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for EducationCalls for ChangeProf Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for...dan21st September 201821st September 2018 We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of artificial intelligence (Telegraph)Calls for ChangeWe must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of...dan6th January 2019 OECD: education not principally about subject knowledgeCalls for ChangeOECD: education not principally about subject knowledgedan6th January 201920th January 2019 School starting age: the evidenceCalls for ChangeSchool starting age: the evidencedan24th September 2018 Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentCalls for ChangeMissing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentdan14th September 201814th September 2018 Load more posts Future & Skills Future and skillsFuture & SkillsFuture and skillsdan15th December 20182nd April 2019 Institute for the Future on the skills neededFuture & SkillsInstitute for the Future on the skills neededdan6th January 2019 98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’Future & Skills98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’dan25th November 20189th October 2021 IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successFuture & SkillsIBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successdan14th September 201820th January 2019 How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futureFuture & SkillsHow Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futuredan25th November 2018 UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018 Load more posts Better Ways Inspiration from the Finnish systemBetter WaysInspiration from the Finnish systemdan10th November 2018 Alternatives in Education (organisation)Better WaysAlternatives in Education (organisation)dan6th January 2019 School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018 Self-directed learning at SummerhillBetter WaysSelf-directed learning at Summerhilldan20th October 2018 ‘We batter them with kindness’: schools that reject super-strict values (The Guardian)Better Ways‘We batter them with kindness’: schools that reject super-strict values (The Guardian)dan6th January 2019 What makes the Finnish school system successful? 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(Interviews with Pasi Silander)dan22nd October 2018 Load more posts About Home Education Home education FAQsAbout Home EducationHome education FAQsRose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022 Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome EducationHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021 Leading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”About Home EducationLeading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”dan12th January 201919th January 2019 Dear home educatorsIn BriefDear home educatorsdan15th October 201827th January 2019 Teens – make yourselves an amazing educationAbout Home EducationTeens – make yourselves an amazing educationdan10th November 20186th December 2018 Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019 Load more posts Personal Stories Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th January 2019 Xavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive gamingPersonal StoriesXavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive...dan25th November 201824th January 2019 Personal accounts: home ed and academic successPersonal StoriesPersonal accounts: home ed and academic successRose Arnold21st June 2021 Mum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep them alive”Personal StoriesMum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep...dan15th December 201825th January 2019 Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Personal StoriesMonitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021 SukyPersonal StoriesSukydan15th December 201815th December 2018 Load more posts
What should education be like? What should education be like? Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
How children learn: British Council nails itHow children learn: British Council nails itdan1st December 2018
Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge from 40 studiesPlay is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge...dan14th November 20187th April 2021
What the modern world has forgotten about children and learningWhat the modern world has forgotten about children and learningdan20th October 20188th December 2018
The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020
Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019
Evidence base for Self-Directed EducationEvidence base for Self-Directed EducationRose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
Love of learning more important than IQLove of learning more important than IQdan21st September 201821st September 2018
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usDan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usdan1st December 20187th May 2019
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsSelf-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsdan11th November 2018
The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsA Broken SystemThe Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsdan12th January 201920th January 2019
School and the mental health crisis of children and young peopleA Broken SystemSchool and the mental health crisis of children and young peopledan13th January 201920th January 2019
UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018
ATL report: national curriculum needs fundamental changeA Broken SystemATL report: national curriculum needs fundamental changedan22nd October 201831st October 2020
School is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)A Broken SystemSchool is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)dan14th May 20182nd September 2018
Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupilsA Broken SystemGuardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupilsdan29th November 2018
Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsCalls for ChangeProfessional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsdan10th November 2018
Prof Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for EducationCalls for ChangeProf Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for...dan21st September 201821st September 2018
We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of artificial intelligence (Telegraph)Calls for ChangeWe must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of...dan6th January 2019
OECD: education not principally about subject knowledgeCalls for ChangeOECD: education not principally about subject knowledgedan6th January 201920th January 2019
School starting age: the evidenceCalls for ChangeSchool starting age: the evidencedan24th September 2018
Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentCalls for ChangeMissing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentdan14th September 201814th September 2018
Institute for the Future on the skills neededFuture & SkillsInstitute for the Future on the skills neededdan6th January 2019
98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’Future & Skills98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’dan25th November 20189th October 2021
IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successFuture & SkillsIBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successdan14th September 201820th January 2019
How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futureFuture & SkillsHow Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futuredan25th November 2018
UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018
Inspiration from the Finnish systemBetter WaysInspiration from the Finnish systemdan10th November 2018
Alternatives in Education (organisation)Better WaysAlternatives in Education (organisation)dan6th January 2019
School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018
Self-directed learning at SummerhillBetter WaysSelf-directed learning at Summerhilldan20th October 2018
‘We batter them with kindness’: schools that reject super-strict values (The Guardian)Better Ways‘We batter them with kindness’: schools that reject super-strict values (The Guardian)dan6th January 2019
What makes the Finnish school system successful? (Interviews with Pasi Silander)Better WaysWhat makes the Finnish school system successful? (Interviews with Pasi Silander)dan22nd October 2018
Home education FAQsAbout Home EducationHome education FAQsRose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome EducationHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021
Leading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”About Home EducationLeading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”dan12th January 201919th January 2019
Teens – make yourselves an amazing educationAbout Home EducationTeens – make yourselves an amazing educationdan10th November 20186th December 2018
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019
Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th January 2019
Xavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive gamingPersonal StoriesXavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive...dan25th November 201824th January 2019
Personal accounts: home ed and academic successPersonal StoriesPersonal accounts: home ed and academic successRose Arnold21st June 2021
Mum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep them alive”Personal StoriesMum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep...dan15th December 201825th January 2019
Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Personal StoriesMonitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021
