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 Evidence base for Self-Directed EducationEvidence base for Self-Directed EducationRose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021 Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge from 40 studiesPlay is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge...dan14th November 20187th April 2021 Making kids read makes them less interested in itMaking kids read makes them less interested in itdan20th October 201820th January 2019 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 Sugata Mitra: how kids teach themselvesSugata Mitra: how kids teach themselvesdan10th November 2018 Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018 The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020 Video: What is self-directed education?Video: What is self-directed education?dan6th January 2019 Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019 Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan ThomasInformal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomasdan20th October 201820th October 2018 Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usDan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usdan1st December 20187th May 2019 Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsSelf-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsdan11th November 2018 Load more posts Broken System Schools failing to equip students with digital skillsA Broken SystemSchools failing to equip students with digital skillsdan25th November 201814th December 2018 Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to schoolA Broken SystemAuthor Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to schooldan1st December 2018 ‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersA Broken System‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersdan24th September 20186th December 2018 Restricted toilet access – how is this okay?A Broken SystemRestricted toilet access – how is this okay?dan22nd September 2018 ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’ was intended as a warningA Broken System‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’ was intended as a warningdan24th October 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 Load more posts Calls for Change “I don’t want to hurt children anymore” teacher resignation letterCalls for Change“I don’t want to hurt children anymore” teacher resignation letterdan1st October 20182nd December 2018 Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentCalls for ChangeMissing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentdan14th September 201814th September 2018 Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsCalls for ChangeProfessional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsdan10th November 2018 Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)Calls for ChangeOutdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)dan6th January 2019 We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of artificial intelligence (Telegraph)Calls for ChangeWe must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of...dan6th January 2019 Parent groups campaigning for changeCalls for ChangeParent groups campaigning for changedan15th January 201931st January 2019 Load more posts Future & Skills Let kids get cyber skills playing and exploring onlineFuture & SkillsLet kids get cyber skills playing and exploring onlinedan20th October 201814th December 2018 How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futureFuture & SkillsHow Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futuredan25th November 2018 98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’Future & Skills98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’dan25th November 20189th October 2021 The future of work, according to leading HR professionalsFuture & SkillsThe future of work, according to leading HR professionalsdan20th October 201814th December 2018 Future and skillsFuture & SkillsFuture and skillsdan15th December 20182nd April 2019 IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successFuture & SkillsIBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successdan14th September 201820th January 2019 Load more posts Better Ways Inspiration from the Finnish systemBetter WaysInspiration from the Finnish systemdan10th November 2018 Mix it up: friends of different agesBetter WaysMix it up: friends of different agesdan11th November 201821st January 2019 The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)Better WaysThe Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)dan7th January 2019 ‘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 School in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn TogetherBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn Togetherdan6th January 2019 School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018 Load more posts About Home Education An overview of home education (TES)About Home EducationAn overview of home education (TES)dan15th January 201919th January 2019 Teens – make yourselves an amazing educationAbout Home EducationTeens – make yourselves an amazing educationdan10th November 20186th December 2018 Home Education UK (website)About Home EducationHome Education UK (website)dan15th December 2018 Education Otherwise (organisation)About Home EducationEducation Otherwise (organisation)dan15th December 2018 Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019 Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of educationAbout Home EducationWhy ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of educationdan15th December 201821st January 2019 Load more posts Personal Stories Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th 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 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 “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 Dylan, 13, home ed for one yearHome EducationDylan, 13, home ed for one yeardan20th October 201820th January 2019 SukyPersonal StoriesSukydan15th December 201815th December 2018 Load more posts
What should education be like? What should education be like? Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Evidence base for Self-Directed EducationEvidence base for Self-Directed EducationRose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
Play is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge from 40 studiesPlay is essential to children’s development, health and well being – knowledge...dan14th November 20187th April 2021
Making kids read makes them less interested in itMaking kids read makes them less interested in itdan20th October 201820th January 2019
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-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018
The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020
Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan ThomasInformal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomasdan20th October 201820th October 2018
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usDan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates usdan1st December 20187th May 2019
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsSelf-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsdan11th November 2018
Schools failing to equip students with digital skillsA Broken SystemSchools failing to equip students with digital skillsdan25th November 201814th December 2018
Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to schoolA Broken SystemAuthor Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to schooldan1st December 2018
‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersA Broken System‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersdan24th September 20186th December 2018
Restricted toilet access – how is this okay?A Broken SystemRestricted toilet access – how is this okay?dan22nd September 2018
‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’ was intended as a warningA Broken System‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’ was intended as a warningdan24th October 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
“I don’t want to hurt children anymore” teacher resignation letterCalls for Change“I don’t want to hurt children anymore” teacher resignation letterdan1st October 20182nd December 2018
Missing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentCalls for ChangeMissing school for holiday has NO negative impact on attainmentdan14th September 201814th September 2018
Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsCalls for ChangeProfessional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar testsdan10th November 2018
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)Calls for ChangeOutdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)dan6th January 2019
We must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of artificial intelligence (Telegraph)Calls for ChangeWe must reinvent education to prepare our children for the era of...dan6th January 2019
Parent groups campaigning for changeCalls for ChangeParent groups campaigning for changedan15th January 201931st January 2019
Let kids get cyber skills playing and exploring onlineFuture & SkillsLet kids get cyber skills playing and exploring onlinedan20th October 201814th December 2018
How Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futureFuture & SkillsHow Minecraft and duct tape wallets prepare kids for the futuredan25th November 2018
98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’Future & Skills98% of 5-year-olds are ‘creative geniuses’dan25th November 20189th October 2021
The future of work, according to leading HR professionalsFuture & SkillsThe future of work, according to leading HR professionalsdan20th October 201814th December 2018
IBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successFuture & SkillsIBM 2010 global CEO study: creativity most crucial factor for future successdan14th September 201820th January 2019
Inspiration from the Finnish systemBetter WaysInspiration from the Finnish systemdan10th November 2018
Mix it up: friends of different agesBetter WaysMix it up: friends of different agesdan11th November 201821st January 2019
The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)Better WaysThe Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)dan7th January 2019
‘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
School in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn TogetherBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn Togetherdan6th January 2019
School in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schoolBetter WaysSchool in the Cloud in action – Isle of Man schooldan25th November 20182nd December 2018
An overview of home education (TES)About Home EducationAn overview of home education (TES)dan15th January 201919th January 2019
Teens – make yourselves an amazing educationAbout Home EducationTeens – make yourselves an amazing educationdan10th November 20186th December 2018
Education Otherwise (organisation)About Home EducationEducation Otherwise (organisation)dan15th December 2018
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?About Home EducationWhy Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?dan11th January 201919th June 2019
Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of educationAbout Home EducationWhy ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of educationdan15th December 201821st January 2019
Dan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerPersonal StoriesDan Rubin – home educated photographer and designerdan7th October 201820th 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
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
“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
Dylan, 13, home ed for one yearHome EducationDylan, 13, home ed for one yeardan20th October 201820th January 2019
