31 December 2009 by Jennifer
On the last day of the year, a slightly retrospective flavour exploring one theme of my year.
Oppression and places to stand with it
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Month: December 2009
To trust, or not to trust
30 December 2009 by Jennifer
A fundamental problem with inspection of families doing elective home-based education: whether or not to believe the parents.
Current UK law on Elective Home Education
29 December 2009 by Jennifer
Get your PDF summary here. Can be used to print a 2-sides-of-A4 summary, to keep handy for showing to people who don’t know the law.
Gender, tradition, education: responses
24 December 2009 by Jennifer
Other people’s responses to my related post a couple of weeks ago, plus a reply from my MP.
Favourite educational videos
22 December 2009 by Jennifer
There’s loads of wonderful free educational videos available on the net these days. Here are some of the best I know.
Setting more of the agenda
17 December 2009 by Jennifer
Some suggestions for possible amendments to the Home Education section of the Children, Schools and Families Bill. Plus some context for why I’m thinking about this now.
Impact Assessment notes: shorter version
17 December 2009 by Jennifer
Key points from the Home Education bit of the Impact Assessment for the Children, Schools & Families Bill.
Some notes on the Impact Assessment for the Children, Schools and Families Bill
15 December 2009 by Jennifer
I printed out the pages relevant to elective home-based education, highlighted the bits which snagged my attention, and wrote a note on each. Includes various omitted or miscalculated costs, and quite a long bit on School Attendance Orders.
Mainstream school, girls in immigrant &/or religious families, “British Values” etc
12 December 2009 by Jennifer
An angle I hadn’t considered before on recent struggles around UK education law.