tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post7762401839568131782..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Maggie Atkinson is Making Things UpCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-90377001045173191222009-10-26T17:10:10.679+00:002009-10-26T17:10:10.679+00:00Fiona T...I share every ounce of your frustration ...Fiona T...I share every ounce of your frustration and think your analogy a great one. Wondering if you could explain this to the Select Com! <br /><br />csfcom@parliament.uk<br /><br />Lisa...seems as if her line on the Badman report confirms the opinion of the Select Comm.<br /><br />Anon...Could I raise your comment to post level, please? and would you also send a copy of this to the select comm.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-80874708528985524632009-10-26T16:47:01.394+00:002009-10-26T16:47:01.394+00:00A relatively minor point, but if she thinks LAs sh...A relatively minor point, but if she thinks LAs should check that the materials used by home educated children are "age appropriate", as she said she used to check in Birmingham, then she is also out of touch with government education strategy, which emphasises 'stage not age'. (See 'children should be taught according to their “stage not age”' at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0235 ).<br /><br />How do the LAs propose to determine what stage each home educated child is at? Even if they determine it once, it is recognised by experts in child development that children do not develop in a nice even fashion, and intellectual growth spurts and lags occur at different ages in different children, as well as being different for different academic skills. They'll have to determine it every time they see a child, for each aspect of academic study, before they even start to think about whether the materials the child has are 'suitable'.<br /><br />On a side point, how are they going to find out whether a child who is studying A level and undergraduate material (online, for free :-)) has learnt what they 'should' have done over the last 12 months? Are they going to bring in Uni staff? Are all LA inspectors competent to assess attainment at A level in all subjects? Perhaps they are assuming that every home educated child is either over 16 years old or goes to college to study at this level, but if so they are wrong, yet again.<br /><br />I wait with bated breath for the next installment of this nonsense ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-55210760802015702062009-10-25T10:38:10.261+00:002009-10-25T10:38:10.261+00:00Barry Sheerman and the committee objected to her o...Barry Sheerman and the committee objected to her on the grounds that she would not be able to stand up to that 'bit of a bully' Ed Balls and she would just toe the party line, sounds like they are right!Lisa Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325267100051557913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-58365293928209097482009-10-25T09:56:07.807+00:002009-10-25T09:56:07.807+00:00Arrrrggghhhhhhhh!! Have these people been brainwas...Arrrrggghhhhhhhh!! Have these people been brainwashed? Are they really drones that have been replicated to follow all government desires no matter the cost !!!Its like saying that waitrose has the right to come into the home and check all the cupboards, receipts and bank accounts of all its customers, because last week someone took a basket full of goods without paying !!How would people feel then? Maybe like they had been branded as a criminal just for shopping a waitrose?Hmmmm.Fiona Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956619806724825218noreply@blogger.com