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 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 Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to createMatthew Taylor RSA: the power to createdan20th October 201820th January 2019 Choosing how to spend their time is good for kidsChoosing how to spend their time is good for kidsdan24th October 2018 Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018 Curiosity is key to early academic success – new researchCuriosity is key to early academic success – new researchdan21st October 2018 Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021 The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020 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 Learning maths through lifeLearning maths through lifedan20th October 2018 Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan ThomasInformal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomasdan20th October 201820th October 2018 What the modern world has forgotten about children and learningWhat the modern world has forgotten about children and learningdan20th October 20188th December 2018 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 ‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersA Broken System‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersdan24th September 20186th December 2018 ‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)A Broken System‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)dan6th October 201820th January 2019 Time in isolation – just another part of the school dayA Broken SystemTime in isolation – just another part of the school daydan21st September 2018 “Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy schoolA Broken System“Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy schooldan14th May 20182nd September 2018 The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsA Broken SystemThe Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsdan12th January 201920th 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 Calls for Change 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 “Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harmA Broken System“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harmdan14th December 201831st October 2020 Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)Calls for ChangeOutdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)dan6th January 2019 Parent groups campaigning for changeCalls for ChangeParent groups campaigning for changedan15th January 201931st 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 Exams at 16 are unnecessaryCalls for ChangeExams at 16 are unnecessarydan24th October 20188th June 2021 Load more posts Future & Skills UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018 Future and skillsFuture & SkillsFuture and skillsdan15th December 20182nd April 2019 CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020 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 Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural ValueFuture & SkillsThe Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Valuedan21st 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 Load more posts Better Ways What if…young people designed their own learning?Better WaysWhat if…young people designed their own learning?dan24th September 2018 Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudBetter WaysSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019 RSA: schools link with local communityBetter WaysRSA: schools link with local communitydan21st October 201820th January 2019 Mix it up: friends of different agesBetter WaysMix it up: friends of different agesdan11th November 201821st 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 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 Load more posts About Home Education Survey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)About Home EducationSurvey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)Rose Arnold15th February 202217th February 2022 Home education FAQsAbout Home EducationHome education FAQsRose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022 Education Otherwise (organisation)About Home EducationEducation Otherwise (organisation)dan15th December 2018 NO to monitoringHome EducationNO to monitoringdan1st October 20205th October 2020 Bibliography – Home Education UKHome EducationBibliography – Home Education UKRose Arnold14th October 2020 Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home educationHome EducationDr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home educationRose Arnold21st June 2021 Load more posts Personal Stories Dylan, 13, home ed for one yearHome EducationDylan, 13, home ed for one yeardan20th October 201820th 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 “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 Personal accounts: home ed and academic successPersonal StoriesPersonal accounts: home ed and academic successRose Arnold21st June 2021 Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustratorPersonal StoriesLola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustratordan1st December 201824th 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 Load more posts
What should education be like? What should education be like? Rose Arnold14th August 202025th April 2021
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
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to createMatthew Taylor RSA: the power to createdan20th October 201820th January 2019
Choosing how to spend their time is good for kidsChoosing how to spend their time is good for kidsdan24th October 2018
Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)Self-determination theory explained (in just 1 minute 48 seconds)dan10th November 2018
Curiosity is key to early academic success – new researchCuriosity is key to early academic success – new researchdan21st October 2018
Home education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learnHome education and students’ intrinsic motivation to learndan14th January 201921st June 2021
The importance of interest to achieving success and being happyThe importance of interest to achieving success and being happydan24th October 20182nd November 2020
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
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan ThomasInformal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomasdan20th October 201820th October 2018
What the modern world has forgotten about children and learningWhat the modern world has forgotten about children and learningdan20th October 20188th December 2018
Self-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsSelf-regulated learning and independent learning, Labour government commissioned reviewsdan11th November 2018
‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersA Broken System‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachersdan24th September 20186th December 2018
‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)A Broken System‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)dan6th October 201820th January 2019
Time in isolation – just another part of the school dayA Broken SystemTime in isolation – just another part of the school daydan21st September 2018
“Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy schoolA Broken System“Little robots”: behind the scenes at an academy schooldan14th May 20182nd September 2018
The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsA Broken SystemThe Guardian: the crisis for children with special needsdan12th January 201920th 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
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
“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harmA Broken System“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harmdan14th December 201831st October 2020
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)Calls for ChangeOutdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)dan6th January 2019
Parent groups campaigning for changeCalls for ChangeParent groups campaigning for changedan15th January 201931st 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
Exams at 16 are unnecessaryCalls for ChangeExams at 16 are unnecessarydan24th October 20188th June 2021
UK children missing out on languagesA Broken SystemUK children missing out on languagesdan10th November 201814th December 2018
CBI President: education is more than knowledge aloneCalls for ChangeCBI President: education is more than knowledge alonedan10th November 20185th October 2020
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 Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural ValueFuture & SkillsThe Warwick Commission report on the Future of Cultural Valuedan21st 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
What if…young people designed their own learning?Better WaysWhat if…young people designed their own learning?dan24th September 2018
Sugata Mitra: School in the CloudBetter WaysSugata Mitra: School in the Clouddan10th November 201820th January 2019
RSA: schools link with local communityBetter WaysRSA: schools link with local communitydan21st October 201820th January 2019
Mix it up: friends of different agesBetter WaysMix it up: friends of different agesdan11th November 201821st 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
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
Survey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)About Home EducationSurvey: home educators’ experience with local authorities (England)Rose Arnold15th February 202217th February 2022
Home education FAQsAbout Home EducationHome education FAQsRose Arnold17th February 20228th April 2022
Education Otherwise (organisation)About Home EducationEducation Otherwise (organisation)dan15th December 2018
Bibliography – Home Education UKHome EducationBibliography – Home Education UKRose Arnold14th October 2020
Dr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home educationHome EducationDr Harriet Pattison on ignorance around home educationRose Arnold21st June 2021
Dylan, 13, home ed for one yearHome EducationDylan, 13, home ed for one yeardan20th October 201820th 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
“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
Personal accounts: home ed and academic successPersonal StoriesPersonal accounts: home ed and academic successRose Arnold21st June 2021
Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustratorPersonal StoriesLola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustratordan1st December 201824th 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
