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Portsmouth Home Educators’ Legal Action is Important for All Families, by Randall Hardy
Following the establishment of a state-controlled education system in England and Wales through the Education Act 1902, most people in Britain have become used to […]
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Not A Chance: How Self-Directed Children Find New Things to Learn, by Dr Naomi Fisher
When I start talking about self-directed education, one of the first questions which comes up is, but what about exposure? Surely children don’t know all […]
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Response from Summerhill on National School Abuse Scandal
A Statement from Zoë Readhead-Neill, Principal at Summerhill School: Today the UK government is launching an enquiry into sexual harassment, physical violence and even rape […]
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Catching up from COVID, by Dr Naomi Fisher
Children’s long term well-being depends on being given the time to make sense of their experiences. What will we want to do when finally this […]
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#ImLearning: Celebrating children’s learning during Covid, by Dr Caroline Palmer and Kathryn Pratt
[This article was originally published on Age of Awareness which is Medium’s largest publication dedicated to education reform.] Join the #Imlearning movement and showcase kids’ […]
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Unschooling School: supporting the Innate Philosophy of learning within our current schools, by Heather MacTaggart
Our world needs creative problem solvers. People who know how they learn, how to communicate, and are adept at creative collaboration. But how do we […]
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Let’s change our minds about lockdown learning, and give kids a break, by Naomi Fisher
Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and author. Her book ‘Changing Our Minds; How Children Can Take Control of Their Own Learning’ is out now, […]
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Whatever Happened to Alternative Education? By Freya Aquarone
[This article was originally published by Radix whose vision is a sustainable society where all citizens can live securely with dignity, are active participants in […]
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‘This is the Best Thing in School’: Self Managed Learning at Uckfield Community Technology College
By Andrea Hazeldin, Deputy Principal and Head of College, Uckfield Community Technology College, 2013 Introduction The title is taken from a comment made by a […]
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Misuse of Key Terms by Children’s Commissioner and Local Government Association in context of Education Select Committee Hearing on Home Education
Open letter to the Education Select Committee The following letter was sent on 17 December 2020 to the Chair of the Education Select Committee Mr […]
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Democratic Empowerment: How do Students Feel About Their Student Council? By Hope Wilder
What Students Say Matters Most schools do not look like a democratic society at all. Imagine a school where democracy is lived on a daily […]
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Real World Learning: School 21 and XP
Here is a report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), commissioned by the Edge Foundation (published June 2019), which presents the findings of […]
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Journal of Pedagogy: Home-Based Education
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021), Special Issue: Home-Based Education Volume 12 of the Journal of Pedagogy ran a special on home education. It […]
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Evidence Base for Self-Directed Education
By Rose Arnold, Suitable-Education.uk, first published October 2021 “Self-directed education is a pedagogy grounded in biology, anthropology, cognitive science, psychology and child development. It is not claimed […]
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The Student Experience of Self Managed Learning (SML): Evidence From Research
By Nicola Sankey, March 2008 (with Introduction by Dr. Graham Dawes) [At the time what is now Self Managed Learning College was Called ‘South Downs […]
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Home Education Trends, Preliminary Report
By Wendy Charles-Warner, EducationOtherwise.org December 2020 This report examines trends in numbers of home educating families in England. The data was obtained by sending freedom […]
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Home-Education: Aims, Practices and Outcomes
By Paula Rothermel, University of Durham, 2002 Abstract This research explores the aims and practices of home-educating families from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The methodology involves […]
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Preventing school exclusion: a case study of a primary aged autistic child with ADHD and a PDA profile
By Catrina Lyle and Heather Leatherland Catrina Lyle is an advisory teacher within the Communication and Interaction team and Heather Leatherland is a mainstream primary […]
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A Summary of Research on Self Managed Learning
The material in this document is just a small snapshot of the extensive evaluations carried out on Self Managed Learning with young people. It includes […]
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Learning from the COVID-19 home-schooling experience: Listening to pupils, parents/carers and teachers
A report by Mari-Ana Jones (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Sara Bubb (University College London Institute of Education): “In Spring 2020, schools in […]
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Your Invitation to Our Free Online Event
From 18-25th November 2024, in collaboration with Limitless, we are holding the INSPIRE Education Summit to envisage (and help create!) a new paradigm of education. […]
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Five Top Tips to Set Up a School or Learning Community
Inspiration and guidance to pave the way for a new paradigm of education! We are delighted to announce that we have a new resource for […]
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Start-Up Schools & Learning Communities – Webinars to Order
We are delighted to announce that our webinars for start-up schools and learning communities are now available to order. We recently teamed up with Limitless to offer two […]
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Webinars for Start-Up Schools & Learning Communities
Are you thinking about setting up your own school or learning community? Or perhaps you’ve been running for a while but you’re still exploring different […]
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Learn How to Set Up a School
If you dream of setting up your own school, to create something outside of the conventional, authoritarian education system, this is your chance to ask […]
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Learn How to Set Up a Learning Community
Announcing a New Collaboration… Limitless podcast host, Alex O’Neill and Progressive Education founder, Jo Symes have launched a webinar series for learning community start-ups. This […]
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you the best for a happy 2023. May this new year bring much inspiration to us all for reimagining education. 2022 was an exciting […]
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Progressive Education Events Line Up
June 15th, 11am BST – How can educators prepare students for adult life? Live webinar in the Progressive Education Group:- Ortal Green will share with […]
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Announcing a series of 5 FREE events by Progressive Education and Omnis Education
We are delighted to be collaborating with Omnis Education to bring you a series of five live webinars in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. […]
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Live Events in the Progressive Education Group
We are excited to announce the launch of Progressive Education Facebook Lives which will be taking place in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. These […]
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