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 Video: What is self-directed education?Video: What is self-directed education?dan6th January 2019 What the modern world has forgotten about children and learningWhat the modern world has forgotten about children and learningdan20th October 20188th December 2018 Kids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter GrayKids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter...dan14th September 201814th September 2018 Choosing how to spend their time is good for kidsChoosing how to spend their time is good for kidsdan24th October 2018 Learning maths through lifeLearning maths through lifedan20th October 2018 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 Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019 Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific mindsLaura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific mindsdan25th November 2018 Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to createMatthew Taylor RSA: the power to createdan20th October 201820th January 2019 Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021 Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018 Load more posts Broken System ‘Last night’s episode of “School” proves it: it’s time to get rid of Ofsted’ (TES)A Broken System‘Last night’s episode of “School” proves it: it’s time to get rid...dan29th November 201820th January 2019 Black working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English school systemChange NeededBlack working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English school systemRose Arnold17th January 2021 Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculumA Broken SystemChildren’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculumdan24th October 2018 Is it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?A Broken SystemIs it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?dan20th October 2018 Government accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)A Broken SystemGovernment accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)dan22nd October 2018 The bullying problem in schoolsA Broken SystemThe bullying problem in schoolsdan24th September 201824th September 2018 Load more posts Calls for Change Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the FutureCalls for ChangeSchooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Futuredan20th October 20182nd December 2018 CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020 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 Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisationCalls for ChangeKeep Early Years Unique – campaign organisationdan6th January 2019 Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders is sadChange NeededEven the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders...dan20th November 20182nd December 2018 Load more posts Future & Skills The knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging it?Future & SkillsThe knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging...dan21st October 201814th December 2018 The future of work, according to leading HR professionalsFuture & SkillsThe future of work, according to leading HR professionalsdan20th October 201814th December 2018 Institute for the Future on the skills neededFuture & SkillsInstitute for the Future on the skills neededdan6th January 2019 CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020 The Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural ValueFuture & SkillsThe Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Valuedan21st October 201814th December 2018 UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018 Load more posts Better Ways School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018 HundrED: 100 ideas to make school betterBetter WaysHundrED: 100 ideas to make school betterdan20th October 2018 Self-directed learning at SummerhillBetter WaysSelf-directed learning at Summerhilldan20th October 2018 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 Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudBetter WaysSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019 Self-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schoolsBetter WaysSelf-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schoolsdan21st September 201821st September 2018 Load more posts About Home Education Dear home educatorsIn BriefDear home educatorsdan15th October 201827th January 2019 NO to monitoringHome EducationNO to monitoringdan1st October 20205th October 2020 Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019 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 Socialisation and visibility of home educated childrenAbout Home EducationSocialisation and visibility of home educated childrenRose Arnold16th September 202116th September 2021 An overview of home education (TES)About Home EducationAn overview of home education (TES)dan15th January 201919th January 2019 Load more posts Personal Stories 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 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 SukyPersonal StoriesSukydan15th December 201815th December 2018 Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needsPersonal StoriesStella 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 StoriesMonitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021 Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th January 2019 Load more posts
What should education be like? What should education be like? Rose Arnold14th August 202025th 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
Kids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter GrayKids learn maths easily when they control their own learning – Peter...dan14th September 201814th September 2018
Choosing how to spend their time is good for kidsChoosing how to spend their time is good for kidsdan24th October 2018
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
Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019
Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific mindsLaura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific mindsdan25th November 2018
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to createMatthew Taylor RSA: the power to createdan20th October 201820th January 2019
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021
Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018
‘Last night’s episode of “School” proves it: it’s time to get rid of Ofsted’ (TES)A Broken System‘Last night’s episode of “School” proves it: it’s time to get rid...dan29th November 201820th January 2019
Black working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English school systemChange NeededBlack working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English school systemRose Arnold17th January 2021
Children’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculumA Broken SystemChildren’s writing skills harmed by primary curriculumdan24th October 2018
Is it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?A Broken SystemIs it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?dan20th October 2018
Government accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)A Broken SystemGovernment accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)dan22nd October 2018
The bullying problem in schoolsA Broken SystemThe bullying problem in schoolsdan24th September 201824th September 2018
Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the FutureCalls for ChangeSchooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Futuredan20th October 20182nd December 2018
CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020
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
Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisationCalls for ChangeKeep Early Years Unique – campaign organisationdan6th January 2019
Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders is sadChange NeededEven the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders...dan20th November 20182nd December 2018
The knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging it?Future & SkillsThe knowledge economy is dead so why are our schools still flogging...dan21st October 201814th December 2018
The future of work, according to leading HR professionalsFuture & SkillsThe future of work, according to leading HR professionalsdan20th October 201814th December 2018
Institute for the Future on the skills neededFuture & SkillsInstitute for the Future on the skills neededdan6th January 2019
CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020
The Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural ValueFuture & SkillsThe Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Valuedan21st October 201814th December 2018
UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018
School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018
HundrED: 100 ideas to make school betterBetter WaysHundrED: 100 ideas to make school betterdan20th October 2018
Self-directed learning at SummerhillBetter WaysSelf-directed learning at Summerhilldan20th October 2018
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
Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudBetter WaysSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019
Self-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schoolsBetter WaysSelf-directed, game playing and social – how it can work in schoolsdan21st September 201821st September 2018
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019
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
Socialisation and visibility of home educated childrenAbout Home EducationSocialisation and visibility of home educated childrenRose Arnold16th September 202116th September 2021
An overview of home education (TES)About Home EducationAn overview of home education (TES)dan15th January 201919th 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
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
Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needsPersonal StoriesStella 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 StoriesMonitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021
Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th January 2019