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By Sheila Struthers (first published on the SubRosa blog, 30 November 2010) Tales from a small country: Education, integrated services and universal surveillance “My opinion is this: Initially ACfE was deliberately kept liquid, fluid and vague. To hide its Read More …
By Spartacus Home educating facilitators often speak of the world being a classroom and indeed, it is fascinating how ordinary people respond to meeting Home Educated children. People suddenly realise that they have something to contribute and they want to. Read More …
By Spartacus Lincolnshire County Council recently decided to take no further action to prevent a father allowing his seven-year-old daughter to walk alone to a bus stop, leading to this BBC discussion of the “responsibilities of the parents and the state”. The Read More …
By Elaine From a report in the Evening Standard: Poverty report targets early years (quoting ‘poverty tsar’ Frank Field MP). Government action to tackle poverty should focus on supporting children during the first five years of their lives, the Labour MP commissioned by Read More …
In written answers to a series of Parliamentary Questions, Robin Harper MSP, Education Minister Michael Russell reaffirms the Scottish Government’s position on home education and underlines his expectation of local authorities to be ‘constructive, courteous and open when dealing with Read More …
