Ben Ballin responds as a parent to Roland's letter to the Independent and blog piece: http://blog.personalisededucationnow.org.uk/2008/10/02/roland-meighan/ Well said!  I have been having these battles with my children's schools for

A new report from the National Union of Students (NUS) shows that 60 per cent of 16-19 year olds receiving the education maintenance allowance (EMA) could no longer

A new article entitled Home educating journalist's article in the Independent has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Shaping the Way Ahead: the government's response to the informal adult learning consultation London - 30 October 2008 On 9 October the

Thanks to Iris Harrison for forwarding this item: Theory and Research in Education is soliciting submissions for a special issue on homeschooling. Homeschooling has emerged as an increasingly important

A new Ci Research survey for student funding website Student Cash Point (www.studentcashpoint.co.uk ) has discovered that 'good nightlife and entertainment' is almost two times more likely

A sample of Ron Miller's  thinking was also featured in AERO's October e-News: Educational Alternative - Not Just Alternative Education by Ron Miller. From www.pathsoflearning.net In today’s increasingly complex

AERO New Book: The Self-Organizing Revolution. Common Principles of the Educational Alternatives Movement by Ron Miller. Ron Miller (PH.D) is the editor of Education Revolution Magazine. PEN Comment: we look

Men and fathers are important groups to engage, but are often seen as 'hard to reach'. The 'Dads in the Picture' Conference is a national family learning event, which

A highly critical report published today (Friday, 3 October) by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has slammed the UK Government as failing to

ICT Advice Alert – October 2008. Some items: www.becta.org.uk/schools

•  Home Access project announced
• The Prime Minister has announced top line details of the Home Access project which will see

Thanks to Ben Ballin for this item: Useful background info: new Ofsted report on Learning outside the classroom See See http://tiny.cc/PESoY Among the key findings are: When planned and implemented

BESA (British Educational Suppliers Association) announces the release of its annual comprehensive ‘ICT in UK State Schools’ research, which explores a range of ICT issues and trends.

Thanks to Gordon all for the following: Recent research from Strathclyde University has found that:   “companies that concentrate on "Performance Management" alone faired worse than other comparative companies."   This finding should

http://www.positscience.com/ Some interesting posts in the September e-news Is Dyscalculia a Type of Math Dyslexia? Sometimes Not Losing Is More Important Than Winning Vitamin B12 May Help Big Brains Daydreaming Appears Healthier

PEN - Learning Exchange Chard in Somerset 24th October 2008 Reminder - our next Learning Exchange is being jointly held with the Chard Home Education Centre on the 24th

New York Times Published: October 2, 2008. A Nebraska law intended to prevent the abandonment of newborns is being used by parents of unruly teenagers. Read the whole article at:

Peter Wilby published an article 'Aint Misbehavin' in the Guardian on the 23rd September. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/23/pupilbehaviour.alansteer Roland Meighan responded with the following (as yet unpublished) letter. Dr Roland Meighan. D.Soc.Sc., Ph.D.,

A new article entitled New Website for Education Otherwise has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

This is a reminder to let you know that Futurelab’s conference, this year entitled ‘Challenging Learner Voice: are we really empowering learners?’ is fast approaching and will take

The Baumgarten children's home. Siegfried Bernfeld The Kinderheim Baumgarten was a jewish children's home set up in Vienna after the first world war. Bernfeld's  methods would still seem innovative

From The Sunday TimesSeptember 28, 2008 A new school that will be the biggest in the country is to abandon homework because the head teacher believes it does not

BBC News 26th September 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7638091.stm Gordon Brown repeated his threat to replace school leaders or close schools. There is "no quantified evidence" about whether threatening to close

By Javier C. Hernandez Published: September 24, 2008. New York Times. http://tiny.cc/2MuaD Roland G. Fryer Jr., a Harvard economist, has often complained that while pharmaceutical companies have poured