What is a Suitable Education?

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      What should education be like?  

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      Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

      15th October 2021

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      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

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    • 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

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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

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
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
Love of learning more important than IQ

Love of learning more important than IQ

dan21st September 201821st September 2018
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 2018
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
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
Making kids read makes them less interested in it

Making kids read makes them less interested in it

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

dan14th January 201921st June 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
Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

dan24th October 2018
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

dan20th October 201820th October 2018
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Broken System

UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm
A Broken System

“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm

dan14th December 201831st October 2020
“Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy school
A Broken System

“Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy school

dan14th May 20182nd September 2018
‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachers
A Broken System

‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachers

dan24th September 20186th December 2018
Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment (Foundation for an Economic Education)
A Broken System

Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment (Foundation for an...

dan6th January 2019
States of Mind: impact of school on mental health
Change Needed

States of Mind: impact of school on mental health

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
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Calls for Change

Sir Ken Robinson: a revolution in education
Calls for Change

Sir Ken Robinson: a revolution in education

dan24th November 20181st March 2021
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
Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders is sad
Change Needed

Even the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders...

dan20th November 20182nd December 2018
Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation
Calls for Change

Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation

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

School starting age: the evidence

dan24th September 2018
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
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Future & Skills

UK children missing out on languages
A Broken System

UK children missing out on languages

dan10th November 201814th December 2018
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
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
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
The Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Value
Future & Skills

The Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Value

dan21st October 201814th December 2018
Future and skills
Future & Skills

Future and skills

dan15th December 20182nd April 2019
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Better Ways

Self-directed learning at Summerhill
Better Ways

Self-directed learning at Summerhill

dan20th 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
School Without Walls, the 2018 version
Better Ways

School Without Walls, the 2018 version

dan22nd October 2018
Inspiration from the Finnish system
Better Ways

Inspiration from the Finnish system

dan10th November 2018
The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)
Better Ways

The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)

dan6th January 2019
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About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th January 2019
Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home education
Home Education

Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home education

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
Bibliography – Home Education UK
Home Education

Bibliography – Home Education UK

Rose Arnold14th October 2020
Home education FAQs
About Home Education

Home education FAQs

Rose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of education
About Home Education

Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of education

dan15th December 201821st January 2019
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Personal Stories

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
“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
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
Suky
Personal Stories

Suky

dan15th December 201815th December 2018
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
Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustrator
Personal Stories

Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustrator

dan1st December 201824th January 2019
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What is a Suitable Education?
  • Home
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  • 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