Hackschooling
An American site on ‘hackschooling’, the concept coined by 13-year-old TED speaker Logan LaPlante to explain how home education works Read more: Why hackschooling? (Hackschooling.net)...
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‘We batter them with kindness’: schools that reject super-strict values (The Guardian)
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A Guardian piece on “unconditional positive regard”, at a school for children who have suffered abuse, neglect or poverty and cannot study in the mainstream....
The primary school that abolished marking (BBC News Video)
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A primary school found scrapping marking to be a positive move making children more engaged and giving teachers more time with the children Watch the...
Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence (Psychology Spot)
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Children’s passions and intense interests should be encouraged and supported, whatever it is in. It could be dinosaurs, astronomy or Paw Patrol, the interest and...
Outdoor play officially ‘fundamental’ to learning (TES)
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Scotland has signed up to a national commitment to outdoor learning, backed by over 50 influential organisations and people in Scotland One of the signatories...
Video: What is self-directed education?
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The Alliance of Self Directed Education is an American organisation with a wealth of information and resources on self-directed education. Their video ‘How We See Self-Directed...
Big SATs sit-in (More Than A Score)
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Parents across the country joined the Big SATs Sit-in to protest against the way primary school pupils are tested. From Devon to Stockton-on-Tees, they sat...
Pupil brings legal action against school’s isolation policy (The Guardian)
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Legal action has been taken on behalf of a boy who spent 60 days – a third of a school year – in a isolation...
Who are we?
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This website does not represent the ‘home educating community’ because there is no such thing. The tens of thousands of home educators have created groups,...
Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of education
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Katherine Norman, a volunteer with Education Otherwise, writes on the misunderstanding around what it means to ‘deschool’. Trustees at Education Otherwise have approved her article....