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Tory education spokesman Brian Monteith has published a ‘Home Education in Scotland’ member’s bill aiming to make it easier for parents to home educate their children amidst an ongoing row over the draft home education guidance from the Scottish Executive Read More …
Home educators are grateful to Irene McGugan MSP for lodging the following motion in the Scottish Parliament and to the MSPs who supported it. Motion S1M-02591: Irene McGugan, North East Scotland, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/01/2002 Draft Read More …
The right to say no to school (Times Educational Supplement Scotland, 21 September 2001) Despite the establishment’s efforts word has got out that young people who want an alternative cannot be forced to attend, says Alison Preuss CLASSROOM indiscipline, escalating Read More …
Archived post from 2001 On the same day that a group of countryside protesters on horseback were prevented from staging a demonstration outside the Scottish parliament and accused the police of unnecessary confrontation, a demonstration of a rather different nature Read More …
The Scottish Consumer Council’s report has caused a fair stooshie! Councils ‘failing’ home educators (BBC) Scottish local authorities have been accused of putting “barriers” in the way of families who choose to educate their children at home. The Scottish Consumer Read More …
