What is a Suitable Education?

Suitable Education
  • Home
  • In Brief
    • In Brief

      Hello!

      14th August 2020

      In Brief

      What should education be like?  

      14th August 2020

      In Brief

      Who are we?

      15th December 2018

      In Brief

      Better ways

      15th December 2018

      In Brief

      Broken system

      15th December 2018

  • Learning
    • 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
      No Monitoring

      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

Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

Choosing how to spend their time is good for kids

dan24th October 2018
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)

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

dan6th January 2019
Learning maths through life

Learning maths through life

dan20th October 2018
What should education be like?  

What should education be like?  

Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

dan20th October 201820th October 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 the modern world has forgotten about children and learning

What the modern world has forgotten about children and learning

dan20th October 20188th December 2018
How children learn: British Council nails it

How children learn: British Council nails it

dan1st December 2018
Making kids read makes them less interested in it

Making kids read makes them less interested in it

dan20th October 201820th January 2019
Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

Laura Schultz – children’s logical and scientific minds

dan25th November 2018
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

dan1st December 20187th May 2019
Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Rose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
Load more posts

Broken System

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
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
Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school
A Broken System

Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school

dan1st December 2018
Opposition to Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception
A Broken System

Opposition to Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception

dan14th May 2018
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
Ellie Chick’s results day Twitter video #ForgottenThird
Change Needed

Ellie Chick’s results day Twitter video #ForgottenThird

dan29th November 2018
Load more posts

Calls for Change

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
Parent groups campaigning for change
Calls for Change

Parent groups campaigning for change

dan15th January 201931st January 2019
Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system
Calls for Change

Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system

dan3rd September 201815th December 2018
Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future
Calls for Change

Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future

dan20th October 20182nd December 2018
Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar tests
Calls for Change

Professional writers’ advice to kids on spelling and grammar tests

dan10th November 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
Load more posts

Future & Skills

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 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
CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone
Calls for Change

CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone

dan10th November 20185th October 2020
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
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
Load more posts

Better Ways

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
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud
Better Ways

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better
Better Ways

HundrED: 100 ideas to make school better

dan20th October 2018
Hackschooling
Better Ways

Hackschooling

dan6th January 2019
Self-directed learning at Summerhill
Better Ways

Self-directed learning at Summerhill

dan20th October 2018
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
Load more posts

About Home Education

Socialisation and visibility of home educated children
About Home Education

Socialisation and visibility of home educated children

Rose Arnold16th September 202116th September 2021
Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home education
Home Education

Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home education

Rose Arnold21st June 2021
Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education
Home Education

Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
A Broken System

A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)

dan24th October 20182nd December 2018
NO to monitoring
Home Education

NO to monitoring

dan1st October 20205th October 2020
Education Otherwise (organisation)
About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)

dan15th December 2018
Load more posts

Personal Stories

12-year-old home educated Alex shares his memories of his two years of school
Personal Stories

12-year-old home educated Alex shares his memories of his two years of...

dan15th December 2018
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
Ex SENCO teacher Sarah home educates her children
Personal Stories

Ex SENCO teacher Sarah home educates her children

dan26th January 201927th 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
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
Ann: self-directed education and a successful career in radio
Personal Stories

Ann: self-directed education and a successful career in radio

dan25th November 201825th November 2018
Load more posts
Education is the lighting of a fire, not the filling of a pail.
Contact us: hello@suitable-education.uk
Copyright 2019. All Right Reserved.
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