The February mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida prompted many parents to consider homeschooling. This is hardly surprising, as the misnamed federal “Gun-Free Schools” law leaves schoolchildren defenseless against mass shooters. Removing one’s children from government schools seems a rational response to school shootings. School … [Read more...]
Documentary-Stare Into The Lights My Pretties
Technology didn’t come about by accident, it’s a reflection of human will, or so claims the intriguing documentary, “Stare Into the Lights My Pretties.” Yet, with the rate of technological development continuing to grow exponentially, it’s unclear if anyone envisioned how society would become obsessed with staring at screens, such that our … [Read more...]
Educational Philosophies and their Legal Significance
Home education has always been common among the country's elite. The Royal Family have all in the past been educated at home, including the current Queen, though more recently royalty have attended various public schools. Prior to the mid nineteenth century there were few schools open to average families. Some churches and the occasional … [Read more...]
Homeschooling ‘Soaring’ in Popularity
Homeschooling families used to be the guaranteed outcast, often enduring a never ending stream of probing questions and funny looks. But the tide seems to be turning. Homeschooling is now “soaring” in popularity, as more options become available, more families seem to be taking the plunge. ABC took a closer – and quite honestly … [Read more...]
Blacks in Power Don’t Empower Blacks
Do minority groups fare better when they have significant political representation? Between 1970 and 2012, the number of black elected officials rose from fewer than 1,500 to more than 10,000. Conventional wisdom would suggest that all these political gains would lead to economic gains. But that has not proven to be the case. In this week’s … [Read more...]
Education and the Integrated Communities Strategy
This week, the government published its Integrated Communities Strategy. The concept of social cohesion is nothing new – Professor Ted Cantle produced a similarly detailed report in 2001. In 2016, Dame Louise Casey, the then government integration tsar, produced a further Review into the state of social integration. You may be forgiven for thinking … [Read more...]
Homeschooling Will Not Save Them
I had believed teaching her at home would save her. I shall be telling this with a sigh. . .Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —I took the one less traveled by. . . And it didn’t make the difference I had hoped for.Over a decade ago, I made the life-changing decision to teach my child at home. Our guest room became a school room, our office … [Read more...]
The Unprecedented Number of Attacks on Home Education
In order to highlight the unprecedented number of attacks on home education in the press over the last few weeks, most of the articles in this week's Update relate to the issue. The parents of a child actress who played Matilda in the musical are in dispute with Westminster council over her home schooling. Edward Hardy and Eileen Tracy have … [Read more...]
Home Education: The War Rages On
Home education has dominated the education press for the last couple of weeks. That in itself is unusual, as home educators are not normally the focus of much attention. But the maelstrom swirling around parents who just want to be left alone to educate their children as they wish is of epic proportions. It’s indicative of the raging war in … [Read more...]
It’s State Education, Not Home Schooling, We Need to Worry About
Mum and dad or the state? If you had to make a choice, to whom would you entrust a child’s future? Few sane and rational people, regardless of political persuasion, are likely to plump for the institutions of government over the family. Generally, parents know best, not least when it comes to education. This ‘truth’ has been challenged most … [Read more...]
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