Ex-teacher: schools failing students, as well as my daughter
Arwen is one of a large number of ex-teachers who decided to home educate their child. She taught for 18 years and found seeing what...
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What the modern world has forgotten about children and learning
by dan
The Washington Post published a brilliant essay by filmmaker, writer and unschooler Carol Black on what we have forgotten about how children learn What the...
The negative effects of sets and streaming
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Sets and streaming have a serious impact on children Sets and streaming are used at younger and younger ages, with half of nursery schools streaming...
Matthew Taylor RSA: the power to create
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Matthew Taylor of the RSA talks about what it means to live a creative life, and why he thinks we’re on the cusp of this...
Making kids read makes them less interested in it
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Reading logs and mandated reading are intended to give children the benefits which enthusiastic recreational readers enjoy. A study published in the Journal of Research...
Informal learning: an interview with Dr Alan Thomas
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Dr Alan Thomas, the country’s leading academic expert on alternative education, talks about the way in which informal education works, in an interview for Education...
Self-directed learning at Summerhill
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Self-directed learning institution protected under law after challenging government attempts to close them down Summerhill is the oldest democratic or ‘free’ school, set up in...
The future of work, according to leading HR professionals
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Jobs will increasingly need creative, flexible, problem solvers say John Hagel III and Jeff Schwartz, two leading voices in the field of HR and business...
Dear home educators
by dan
This website is not for you, as such. It isn’t about home education, nor how to do it. It is mostly missing the resources you...
Rose: my five-year old daughter is not going to school
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Rose has always looked after her daughter at home, combined with doing projects around naps and other bits of time. Her daughter is five and...