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Are Parents Teachers? By Kimberley Cooper
Working during the pandemic as a full-time primary class teacher and being a parent with two young children, I have come to reassess these important […]
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Is Progressive Education Really… Progressive? By Max Hope
I like words. I think about words. I dream about words. I sometimes wake up with words, sentences and paragraphs in my head. Words explain […]
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OK – You’re Certified, by Derry Hannam
“OK You’re certified,” said the friendly twelve-year-old boy. Throughout 25 years of advocating the democratisation of schools I have often feared these words yet when […]
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20 Things I Learned About Homeschooling
Thinking about homeschooling your child? These 20 insights from Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor Lara Zane shed light on making the decision and what it […]
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Dancing to the Algorithm, by Dr Pam Jarvis
On the day that an exams algorithm robbed a significant number of working class children of the results they needed to access their university places, […]
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The Wrong Environment for a Child, by Jodie Smitten Bsc Psy. PgC Autism. MBPSs.
Hold on to your seats…. This may get a bit ranty! I absolutely love my job, the autistic children I get the privilege to meet […]
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Education: Time For a Change? By Zoë Neill Readhead
I would rather Summerhill produced a happy street sweeper than a neurotic Prime Minister” A S Neill, pioneering funder of Summerhill School A lot of […]
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Free to Learn? By Dr Pam Jarvis
What is ‘freedom to learn’? Arguments on this point stretch back into history. For example, Alfred the Great of England (849–899) expressed a wish for […]
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Learn for Tomorrow. Now.
Parents and the State have an obligation to provide education for all children. To this end, compulsory education has been institutionalised and, depending on the […]
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Online Resources for Learning at Home During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Six weeks into lockdown, you might be looking for new inspiration for home-based activities for children and young people. We’ve pulled together 10 blogs and […]
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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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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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Response to UNESCO’s ‘Education in a Post-Covid World’ Report
In UNESCO’s Progress Update on the Futures of Education, published in March 2021, UNESCO denied the value of Self-Directed Education and autonomous learning, despite much significant scientific evidence […]
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Right to Education and the French Authoritarian Context
Three European organisations advocating human rights and freedom in education – ALLI asbl (Luxemboug), Les Enfants d’Abord (France), and Full Human Rights-Experience Education – as […]
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What Are Your Training Needs?
Courses/workshops on progressive education coming soon: Please feed back as to what content and format you require. Progressive Education is collaborating with Holistic Learning and […]
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