Wednesday, July 28, 2010

From the Guardian

Thank goodness some people are talking sense.

Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison:

"Evidence including our own suggests strongly that this kind of education (home education) prepares children to enter further and higher education, or the workforce – and offers them the freedom to learn in the ways that suit them best. Yet there is a consistent failure on the part of local authorities and government reviews to grasp even the basis of the ideas that can underlie a different kind of education. Even the language of the serious case review demonstrates this failure of understanding. Small wonder that home-educating parents are afraid of conferring power on people who do not know what it is that they are judging."

6 comments:

  1. Dave H10:37 pm

    Regular bunfight with the ignorant in progress in the comment thread.

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  2. The quote you selected just about sums it all up.

    "They" really are just trying to grind down all Home Educators until they just give up. It's like the hydra - you chop off one head (Ed Balls?) and another appears.

    "They" could be in for a long wait. Maybe when it's minus 30 in Hell "they" might be successful.

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