Futurelab Newsletter: 63 November 2009. ‘A perfect storm’ and the strategy for its aftermath

‘A perfect storm’ and the strategy for its aftermath November 2009. MerlinJohn. From Futurelab’s November newsletter. Futurelab: www.futurelab.org.uk World economic systems are in turmoil and global warming is becoming a reality, as is the realisation that most developed countries are […]

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Online Education Vs Campus Learning – A Comparative Study. Michelle Young

The man who thirsts for education has a host of opportunities at his disposal today; he is spoilt for choice what with the numerous institutions and colleges that

Rethinking Children/Childhood in the 21st Century

Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Rethinking Children/Childhood in the 21st Century - 2 day conference - 4th & 5th February 2010  This conference will bring together a wide range of

Innovation Unit Newsletter 13..11.2009 Innovative Schools

Do click on to these IU articles. Its rare that you find mainstream tackling positively some of the 'holy cows' that constrain our schooling systems. This is progress

Innovation Unit Newsletter 13.11.2009 Is High Tech High the most innovative school in the US?

On reading this article I was immediately transported to the visions, writing and practice of our own Philip Toogood. He championed the idea of mini-schooling and wrote a manual

CfL: The New Primary Curriculum and the Cambridge Primary Review

 The New Primary Curriculum and the Cambridge Primary Review London. 26 November 2009, 11am - 1pm. £99 plus VAT **Friends' rate £89.10 plus VAT "call for lessons to begin at

EO Campaign website updates: 11 – 23 November

23.11.2009 A new article entitled Impact Assessment link has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 19.11.2009 A new article entitled New law Announced 2 weeks Before Response to Consultation

CfL: Creating a balance in lifelong learning

Creating a balance in lifelong learning: The Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning London 26 November 2009, 2pm - 4pm. £99 plus VAT **Friends' rate £89.10 plus VAT Following the

Bloomberg: ‘Staggering’ Crisis in U.S. Education Found in Study

‘Staggering’ Crisis in U.S. Education Found in Study (Update1)  By Molly Peterson Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- More than two-thirds of U.S. teachers disapprove of how their public schools are run

Guardian: Repetition of flawed schooling models will not improve education

New thinking??  CPE-PEN supports diveristy in education (edversity) but have specific views and the principles and values on which we build alternatives and choice into a personalised educational

Guardian: Tories set out their plans for primary education.

Michael Gove, the Conservative shadow schools secretary, lays out his ideas for children during their earliest years of schooling.

AERO: More Good news – almost half way in funding campaign

Survival Campaign Progress: Almost Half Way There Through the second week of the AERO Survival Campaign we have now received $9,847 toward our $20,000 goal from 89 people from

EO Campaign Website Updates November 1-10th

10.11.2009 A new article entitled New All Party Parliamentary Group on Home Education has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 10.11.2009 A new article entitled New All Party Parliamentary

Count Every Child – a global birth registration conference

Count Every Child - a global birth registration conference on Monday 16 November 2009, Victory Services Club, London. Each year, 51 million children are not registered at birth, directly

Press release: Witness the future of learning at BETT in the all-new Future Learning Spaces

PEN Comment: Really radical visions of learning spaces are unlikely while the compulsory schooling model holds court. Visions of alternatives for everybody all of the time, of an

AERO Update: Great response to funding appeal. 2nd November 2009

We have been elated and humbled with the initial response to our appeal for survival funds for AERO.  We have now received $7,991 toward our $20,000 goal from

AERO News: 28th October 2009

Sad to see the economic crunch hitting our friends in AERO. We wish them every success in seeing this temporary funding gap through to a successful conclusion. Dear Friends

CfL: Forthcoming Events

With the publication of the Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning, the Campaign for Learning is holding this policy event to look at the recommendations. Creating a balance

EO Campaign Website updates Oct 2009

31.10.2009 A new article entitled Government Children\'s Czar uses Birmingham case against home education has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 29.10.2009 A new article entitled \"I just wonder

The Badman Review. Another attempt to control or silence educational diversity?

By Derry Hannam. This article appears with thanks and permissions from Derry Hannam and also David Gribble (Lib Ed)  www.­libed.­org.­uk). The article was first published by Lib Ed.

Futurelab: E-newsletter October No:62

Resources     Citizenship podcast The first in our second series of podcasts looks at the role of citizenship education and addresses the need to look for greater opportunities to encourage

Press release: Donate yourself to charity for two months and get paid

DONATE YOURSELF TO CHARITY FOR TWO MONTHS AND GET PAID VODAFONE  FOUNDATION GIVES  500 PEOPLE  THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY The World of Difference UK programme, delivered by

Telegraph: If home-schooling is good for our children it is for us to say

Government plans to regulate home-schooling must be rebuffed, says Philip Johnston.   By Philip Johnston.Published: 6:29AM BST 19 Oct 2009 I attended a talk the other day given by a police

BBC News: ‘Stark split’ in education levels

By Sean Coughlan. Education reporter, BBC News. Sunday, 18 October 2009 00:40 UK  Deptford now has more graduates than Winchester, as London draws ahead The qualifications gap between the most

The Guardian: In thrall to the rules

In thrall to the rules. If only I was enough of a rebel to stick up for the kids next door constantly shouted at during netball  Carrie Quinlan The

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