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

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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

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

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

dan6th January 2019
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
Learning maths through life

Learning maths through life

dan20th October 2018
Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

Sugata Mitra: School in the Cloud

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

dan14th January 201921st June 2021
Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Evidence base for Self-Directed Education

Rose Arnold15th October 202124th October 2021
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 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
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas

dan20th October 201820th October 2018
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us

dan1st December 20187th May 2019
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Broken System

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
Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupils
A Broken System

Guardian investigation: some secondaries exclude over 20% of pupils

dan29th November 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
School prevents children from exercising enough
A Broken System

School prevents children from exercising enough

dan10th November 201820th January 2019
Big SATs sit-in (More Than A Score)
A Broken System

Big SATs sit-in (More Than A Score)

dan22nd December 201820th January 2019
The bullying problem in schools
A Broken System

The bullying problem in schools

dan24th September 201824th September 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
“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm
A Broken System

“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm

dan14th December 201831st October 2020
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
Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system
Calls for Change

Michael Rosen’s critique of the school system

dan3rd September 201815th December 2018
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
George Monbiot on Schools
Calls for Change

George Monbiot on Schools

dan14th May 20183rd September 2018
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Future & Skills

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
Institute for the Future on the skills needed
Future & Skills

Institute for the Future on the skills needed

dan6th January 2019
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
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
Future and skills
Future & Skills

Future and skills

dan15th December 20182nd April 2019
CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone
Calls for Change

CBI President: education is more than knowledge alone

dan10th November 20185th October 2020
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Better Ways

Learn through video: the Khan Academy
Better Ways

Learn through video: the Khan Academy

dan20th October 20182nd December 2018
Mix it up: friends of different ages
Better Ways

Mix it up: friends of different ages

dan11th November 201821st January 2019
Alternatives in Education (organisation)
Better Ways

Alternatives in Education (organisation)

dan6th January 2019
RSA: schools link with local community
Better Ways

RSA: schools link with local community

dan21st October 201820th January 2019
Philosophy for children
Better Ways

Philosophy for children

dan6th January 2019
School Without Walls, the 2018 version
Better Ways

School Without Walls, the 2018 version

dan22nd October 2018
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About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)
About Home Education

Education Otherwise (organisation)

dan15th December 2018
Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education
Home Education

Psychologist’s expert opinion on home education

Rose Arnold21st June 202121st June 2021
Leading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”
About Home Education

Leading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”

dan12th January 201919th January 2019
Dear home educators
In Brief

Dear home educators

dan15th October 201827th 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
An overview of home education (TES)
About Home Education

An overview of home education (TES)

dan15th January 201919th January 2019
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Personal Stories

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
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
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
Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needs
Personal Stories

Stella 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 Stories

Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”

Rose Arnold24th June 202124th June 2021
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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