What is a Suitable Education?

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      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

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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

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
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 2018
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
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
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
Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

dan25th November 2018
Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Rose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

dan24th October 2018
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)

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

dan10th November 2018
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Broken System

Reading instruction in kindergarten. Little to gain, much to lose (Defending the Early Years)
A Broken System

Reading instruction in kindergarten. Little to gain, much to lose (Defending the...

dan6th November 20181st April 2021
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
School prevents children from exercising enough
A Broken System

School prevents children from exercising enough

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Sexual assault in school ‘commonplace’
A Broken System

Sexual assault in school ‘commonplace’

dan22nd September 201819th January 2019
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
The negative effects of sets and streaming
A Broken System

The negative effects of sets and streaming

dan20th October 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
Exams at 16 are unnecessary
Calls for Change

Exams at 16 are unnecessary

dan24th October 20188th June 2021
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
“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm
A Broken System

“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm

dan14th December 201831st October 2020
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)
Calls for Change

Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)

dan6th January 2019
Parent groups campaigning for change
Calls for Change

Parent groups campaigning for change

dan15th January 201931st January 2019
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Future & Skills

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
UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
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
98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’
Future & Skills

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

dan25th November 20189th October 2021
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Better Ways

‘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 Ways

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

dan22nd October 2018
RSA: schools link with local community
Better Ways

RSA: schools link with local community

dan21st October 201820th January 2019
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
Alternatives in Education (organisation)
Better Ways

Alternatives in Education (organisation)

dan6th January 2019
School in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn Together
Better Ways

School in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn Together

dan6th January 2019
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About Home Education

Bibliography – Home Education UK
Home Education

Bibliography – Home Education UK

Rose Arnold14th October 2020
Teens – make yourselves an amazing education
About Home Education

Teens – make yourselves an amazing education

dan10th November 20186th December 2018
NO to monitoring
Home Education

NO to monitoring

dan1st October 20205th October 2020
An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th January 2019
How home educators move towards informal learning
About Home Education

How home educators move towards informal learning

dan10th January 201919th January 2019
Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th January 2019
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Personal Stories

“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
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
Dylan, 13, home ed for one year
Home Education

Dylan, 13, home ed for one year

dan20th October 201820th 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
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
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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