What is a Suitable Education?

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      Hello!

      14th August 2020

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      What should education be like?  

      14th August 2020

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      Who are we?

      15th December 2018

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      Better ways

      15th December 2018

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      Broken system

      15th December 2018

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    • How We Learn Future & Skills
      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

  • Home Education
    • No Monitoring Personal Stories About Home Education Safeguarding Analysis
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      Portsmouth Judicial Review transcript and judgement

      20th March 2022

      No Monitoring

      Compulsory register myth buster

      15th February 2022

      No Monitoring

      Human rights, parental decision and education

      11th February 2022

      No Monitoring

      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

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

dan20th October 201820th October 2018
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 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 age is the ‘right’ age to read? (Today’s Parent)

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

dan29th November 2018
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviews

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

dan11th 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
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

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

dan6th January 2019
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

dan10th November 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
Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

dan25th November 2018
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
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Broken System

School and the mental health crisis of children and young people
A Broken System

School and the mental health crisis of children and young people

dan13th January 201920th January 2019
Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupils
A Broken System

Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupils

dan29th November 2018
Time in isolation – just another part of the school day
A Broken System

Time in isolation – just another part of the school day

dan21st September 2018
UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
School is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)
A Broken System

School is a prison – and damaging our kids (Peter Gray, Salon)

dan14th May 20182nd September 2018
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
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Calls for Change

Prof Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for Education
Calls for Change

Prof Bill Lucas: An open letter to the Secretary of State for...

dan21st September 201821st September 2018
Exams at 16 are unnecessary
Calls for Change

Exams at 16 are unnecessary

dan24th October 20188th June 2021
School starting age: the evidence
Calls for Change

School starting age: the evidence

dan24th September 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
CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone
Calls for Change

CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone

dan10th November 20185th October 2020
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
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Future & Skills

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
The future of work, according to leading HR professionals
Future & Skills

The future of work, according to leading HR professionals

dan20th October 201814th December 2018
Future and skills
Future & Skills

Future and skills

dan15th December 20182nd April 2019
Institute for the Future on the skills needed
Future & Skills

Institute for the Future on the skills needed

dan6th 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
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Better Ways

The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)
Better Ways

The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)

dan7th January 2019
HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better
Better Ways

HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better

dan20th October 2018
School Without Walls, the 2018 version
Better Ways

School Without Walls, the 2018 version

dan22nd October 2018
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
School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man school
Better Ways

School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man school

dan25th November 20182nd December 2018
Mix it up: friends of different ages
Better Ways

Mix it up: friends of different ages

dan11th November 201821st January 2019
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About Home Education

Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
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
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
Open letter to the Education Select Committee
Home Education

Open letter to the Education Select Committee

Rose Arnold7th December 202026th December 2020
Education Otherwise (organisation)
About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)

dan15th December 2018
An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th January 2019
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Personal Stories

Personal accounts: home ed and academic success
Personal Stories

Personal accounts: home ed and academic success

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
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
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
“The decision to home educate was the best decision we have made”
Personal Stories

“The decision to home educate was the best decision we have made”

Rose Arnold10th September 202114th September 2021
Ex-teacher: schools failing students, as well as my daughter
Home Education

Ex-teacher: schools failing students, as well as my daughter

dan20th October 2018
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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