A new article entitled Protecting the Virtual Child has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Pupils will never learn unless we make it fun Yes, children need literacy and numeracy, but they also need the space to socialise, run about, sing and engage with

Where Does it Leave us Now - Polly Curtis, education editor The Guardian, Friday 20 February 2009     http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/20/primary-education-review PEN Comment: Polly rightly asks the question will it happen?

Briefing document: Towards a new curriculum: a report from the Cambridge Primary Review (PDF

It's not just the kids who are going back to school or college this September - mum might be joining them too. However, mothers of young children who

Colleges have set themselves a tough challenge to mark Apprenticeship Week (23 to 27 February) – to employ 1500 apprentices by 2010. In a recent survey of 130 colleges,

PEN Comment: if you do nothing else with Ed Rev News follow up the new Gatto book! visit www.edrev.org/fre.html for the online version Weapons of Mass Instruction: John Gatto's

Futurelab has just published a new report on primary learning spaces that will aid those involved in the redesign of educational learning spaces, particularly the PCP and BSF

PEN Comment: It's worth casting around occasionally to see where the edge of educational thought lies. Two influential thinkers are indicating they are  they are moving in the

Diary Note: World Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2009  Reading is one of life's great pleasures and for more than a decade millions of readers, young and old,

From AERO E-News 9th Feb 2009 . Education Revolution E-News Alternative Education Resource Organization 417 Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Hts., NY 11577, USA (516) 621-2195  /  (800) 769-4171 (Toll-Free in

Innovation Unit: Next Practice. Field Trial In2ition http://www.innovation-unit.co.uk/education-experience/next-practice/next-practice-in-resourcing-personalisation---the-inclusion-trust.html   The field trial will use the scaleable and transferrable approaches developed as part of Notschool.net (www.thecademy.net) research to re-engage young people

STUDENTS CAN SAVE THOUSANDS ON DEGREES STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER Says distance learning specialist, RDI Young people starting university this September can save thousands on their degree or diploma, according

PEN Comment: Edutopia news identifies a CBS News Video on exercising and learning http://www.edutopia.org/edutopianews.html Video: Pumping Up the Brain Researchers are finding that exercise can

As the credit crisis deepens Liverpool children’s charity KIND, recently described by playwright Alan Bleasdale as a ‘remarkable shelter from the storm’, knows that in times such as

PEN Comment: It's good to track the development nad thinking of The School of Everything. Do check out their blog at http://schoolofeverything.com/blog Pick up the series of articles

OpenEYE consists of a unique and growing multi-disciplinary team of experts who have come together through a shared concern about Early Childhood in the UK. They have the

From Teachers TV It's The Future Of Education Week On Teachers TV This week it's The Future of Education Week on Teachers TV. Some interesting titles: 

• School Matters -

EHP Book Catalogue Educational Heretics Press is the essential read on education. It's also our very own. If you really want to think 'out of the box' and discover

PEN Comment: Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchen writes about the 'The coming war against Home Schoolers' in his blog http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2009/01/the-coming-war-again I  knew this was coming. The inflamed, all-seeing

PEN Comment: for those of you who like to keep abreast of developments in digital technologies this long running qualitative research will keep you informed on the the implications

The Homework Debate. Kids, Parents and Teachers Disagree On How Much Is Too Much. Valerie Strauss. 27th Jnauary 2009. Read the article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602012_2.html PEN comment: This issue

Young people shout about informal learning on social networking sites with ShoutBox   Young people are being encouraged to recognise and showcase their learning outside the classroom with ShoutBox.

Thanks to AERO for locating this link to a John Holt film available for free online Below you will find a link to an old film made for Holt