'Building spaces for the future’ is a FREE event that will draw on recent research by Futurelab about young people’s view of what learning spaces should look like

Notschool doesn't really need any introduction to the CPE-PEN network but not everyone will have seen this video Notschool.net is an international 'Online Learning Community' offering an alternative to

21.01.2010 A new article entitled NEETs has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 21.01.2010 A new article entitled Education Otherwise letter to Minister Vernon Coaker has been posted on

14th January 2010. 27 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2FA, UK.       www.psypress.com/laterality Eclectic Lefty-hand: Conjectures on Jimi Hendrix, Handedness, and Electric Ladyland bit.ly/jimihendrix I always thought of Jimi as just coming

BBC Radio 4 Isn’t That Dangerous?: African Travels Among Academics and Other Wild Animals. Educational Heretics Press. If you're anything like me Saturday mornings wouldn't be the same without

BOOK REVIEW by PHILIP TOOGOOD, Trustee of PERSONALISED EDUCATION NOW. Many thanks to Philip for this review of an important book. OVERSCHOOLED but UNDEREDUCATED by John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart ISBN

Following the fantastic creative writing course in Yorkshire in 2009, Jan Fortune-Wood is offering a week's course for home-educated young people who love to write, create stories or poems and

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire As more low-income and minority parents seek to remove their children from traditional public schools that chronically underperform, waiting lists for America's public charter schools

Two DVDs at Excellent Prices: Alfie Kohn & Free to Learn from AERO http://www.educationrevolution.org/ e-news 11.06.2010  Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education A Documentary by Jeff Root &

Paul Miller | 11 January 2010 - 11:49am We've got some very good news. Over the next few months we're going to be working with Becta and the Department

This conference was highlighted by Richard House. We hope this is a full and open debate and not a fait accompli. Policy and Practice Westminster Briefing, to be

After two years of hard research, the Beyond Current Horizons (BCH) project - looking at the future of education beyond 2025 - has drawn to a close. The

12.01.2010 A new article entitled Open Letter Calling for Clause 26 to be Withdrawn has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 11.01.2010 A new article entitled MPs speak out

YoungMinds calls for high-profile campaign to end stigma of young people’s mental health problems Mental health charity, YoungMinds launch  four pledges today in Parliament for politicians to take urgent

From The Sunday Times January 10, 2010 http://tiny.cc/Ojwoc James Ashton The private sector is expecting a bonanza from supplying schools. ON a blustery winter’s day, only the hardiest of pupils

International Day Conference Wednesday, 14th April 2010 10:00-16:30 CLARKE HALL. Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1 0AL  Children’s Rights and War  Wars and conflict affect children in numerous ways. They are

London set for Swedish schools  By Angela Harrison. Education reporter, BBC News  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8419291.stm   Academies are seen as a main vehicle for driving up standards  A private Swedish company is to open

School reward culture is 'harming education' education is being undermined by the growing “reward culture” in schools, according to leading academics.

Opinion: Home education- Home Ed student, 14, offered place at Cambridge From the Digital Journal http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/285253  Paul makes some useful points which we would agree with. Undoubtedly home-based education

07.01.2010 A new article entitled Minority Groups Affected by the Government Home Education Proposals has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 06.01.2010 A new article entitled Education Otherwise Statement

Mentioning book reviews in the AERO newsletter below I'm sure folks have noticed the  lack of reviews these days (certainly in UK). Broadsheets, Times Educational Supplement feature few

To further support AERO please find below the whole contents of their latest e-newsletter. I'm sure readers will be interested in following up subscriptions (hard copy or PDF)

Creative Communities: Learning for Change  Happy New Year from the Creative Communities Unit at Staffordshire University. We have an Open Day with a Free Taster Workshop and a range

Full Time FE from 14: Giving Real Choice to 14 Year Olds 12 January, 11am - 1pm, London £99 plus VAT **Friends' rate £89.10 plus VAT The Conservatives announced at their