TES Education 2008 – Visit the Ultimate Childcare and Education Show in London this Autumn Event:             TES Education 2008 Date:               10 & 11 October 2008 Location:        National Hall, Olympia, London TES Education

 AERO - Education Revolution: www.edrev.org/fre.html for the online version.   August e-news AERO Course Enrollment, Second Announcement Place Nice New Vision for Schools Proposes Broad Role School of

BT has released new research revealing that 97 per cent of primary and secondary school teachers believe that young people, often the internet expert in the home, can

Wayne Jennings flags up the new IALA website and continues with the following news items IALA is

Nearly half (46 %) of parents contacting YoungMinds Parents Information Service for advice are worried about their 12-16 year olds, latest statistics show, while almost a third (31.3

Thanks to Iris Harrison for alerting us to this blog item. A really interesting article from a US unschooler who tried school. Read Kevin Snavley's experiences and thoughts.

The Posit Science Corporation - July e-news.   Watch and Learn We’ve all heard that practice makes perfect, but can simply watching an activity make you better at it? A

Thanks to Karen Turner for bringing this to our attention. We have featured Sir Ken's entertaining videos before. This one is a few years old but nonetheless watchable!

US Exams Company to be put into Special Measures? “… schools have to revolve around the demands of simplistic little tests made on their pupils; where those tests can

First 'Hybrid' Courses; Now, a 'Hybrid' School New 'bricks and clicks' high school offers unique blend of face-to-face and online instruction. The University of Hawaii at Manoa

A new article entitled Consultation on scrapping Income Support has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Education Revolution: www.edrev.org/fre.html for the online version. Contents: 2008 AERO Conference DVDs AERO News Items Paradise Found - at an overcrowded airport? The Montessori Association of New Zealand (MANZ): A Model Worthy

A new article entitled 'Petition Closes Tomorrow' has been posted on the EO (Education Otherwise) Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. The petition to raise awareness about home educators on Income Support

In July / August's Natural Life Magazine www.NaturalLifeMagazine.com  the editor Wendy Priesnitz responds to a new book by James Gustave Speth 'The Bridge at the Edge of

I like Charles Leadbeater - he's done much to try and shift thinking about education and schooling. His work on personalisation has been helpful. On 8th July John

News items for July What do you want to learn? Now you can tell the world what you want to learn. School of Everything just launched personal profiles: http://www.schoolofeverything.com/blog/whatdoyoureallywantlearn Everything

A website for teachers, parents, young people and others with an interest in dyslexia was launched earlier this month  by Sir Jim Rose as part of his review

Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education. University of Leeds  CCHRE has a part-time (50%) post for a research officer from September 2008 to work on a European Commission

Barnsley Council's new e-mentoring scheme is now available in every school in Barnsley.  The scheme is being provided by Truancy Call Ltd and here is a summary of

Press Release: Children’s workforce lacks training in mental health, says YoungMinds In response to the Governments independent review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) YoungMinds, the children’s

The Centre for Personalised Education - Personalised Education Now and Educational Heretics Press willl be holding a learning exchange in Sedbergh on Setember 6th 2008. This continues our current

Personalised Learning: Taking Choice Seriously edited by Mark Webster. What happens if you start to take choice in education seriously? This was the theme of a challenging

Futurealab website:  http://www.futurelab.org.uk/ Futurelab e-newsletter 48 July 2008. Items include: Challenging Learner Voice - 23 October Futurelab's autumn conference will take place on 23 October at Warwick University Conference Park.

National Learning Forum Can We Learn Our Way to Happiness? London 02 October 2008 The Campaign for Learning is hosting a National Learning Forum to debate the need for wellbeing