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

      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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    • 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

Video: What is self-directed education?

Video: What is self-directed education?

dan6th January 2019
Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Rose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

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

dan6th January 2019
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviews

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

dan11th November 2018
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
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
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

dan20th October 201820th October 2018
Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselves

dan10th November 2018
Love of learning more important than IQ

Love of learning more important than IQ

dan21st September 201821st September 2018
Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)

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

dan10th November 2018
Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

Curiosity is key to early academic success – new research

dan21st October 2018
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Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd 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
Impacts of isolation
A Broken System

Impacts of isolation

Rose Arnold17th January 2021
Attainment gap between poor and better off grows at school
A Broken System

Attainment gap between poor and better off grows at school

dan1st December 20181st December 2018
Diane Reay: Inequality of the school system
A Broken System

Diane Reay: Inequality of the school system

dan1st December 2018
Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school
A Broken System

Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school

dan1st December 2018
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Calls for Change

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

Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)

dan6th January 2019
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
School starting age: the evidence
Calls for Change

School starting age: the evidence

dan24th September 2018
Parent groups campaigning for change
Calls for Change

Parent groups campaigning for change

dan15th January 201931st January 2019
Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation
Calls for Change

Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation

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
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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
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
Institute for the Future on the skills needed
Future & Skills

Institute for the Future on the skills needed

dan6th January 2019
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
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

Mix it up: friends of different ages
Better Ways

Mix it up: friends of different ages

dan11th November 201821st January 2019
HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better
Better Ways

HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better

dan20th 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 Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)
Better Ways

The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)

dan7th January 2019
Hackschooling
Better Ways

Hackschooling

dan6th January 2019
Alternatives in Education (organisation)
Better Ways

Alternatives in Education (organisation)

dan6th January 2019
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About Home Education

Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education
Home Education

Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th 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
Socialisation and visibility of home educated children
About Home Education

Socialisation and visibility of home educated children

Rose Arnold16th September 202116th September 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
Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
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Personal Stories

Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designer
Personal Stories

Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designer

dan7th October 201820th January 2019
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
Personal accounts: home ed and academic success
Personal Stories

Personal accounts: home ed and academic success

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
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
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?
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  • 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