Telegraph View. Published: 8:01PM BST 11 Jun 2009 Written a couple of weeks ago now but this Telegraph article and the comments posted since provide good coverage of the

More evidence (if its needed!) that the fears of those supporting the Badman review are being focused  in the wrong direction! Polly Curtis guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 June 2009 20.07 BST

A very lively and interesting set of posts follow the article : Parents condemn plans for councils to 'police' home education in Kent Online 24th June 2009 by

One of the threats to those offering choice in the educational landscape is the continuing default positions of those in power and those dominant established interests. We see this in

CPE/PEN (as Education Now) have been  advocating that Flexischooling is a good idea since at least 1988 (see Flexischooling. Education for tomorrow, starting yesterday by Dr Roland Meighan

Many of you will still be aware that our E-briefing mailings have still not resumed. Unfortunately the mailing software provider - Zoodoka ceased trading and we are looking

PEN Membership renewals are currently being processed. All renewals and new memberships are receiving a complimentary copy of  our partner Educational Heretics Press http://edheretics.gn.apc.org/ publication When Learning Becomes Your

Personalised Education Now Journal 10. Spring-Summer 2009 out now! Our latest journal is out now. Distrubuted free to members Contents include: Feature article Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum

Thanks to Helen Lees for this post. When I discovered the anture of alternative and home education and its difference to mainstream education, I had a sort of moment

A new article entitled Roland Meighan Response to Review Report has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. The EO link reads Saturday 20 June Roland Meighan Response to Review

Graham Badman's report of his independent review of home education has been published today.   Please follow this link to the report, the government's response    http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/homeeducation/ and this link to the

Why boys can't keep up with the girls. As women outperform men in higher education, how can we encourage boys to make it to university and beyond? Lee Elliot Major

While education and learning continues to struggle to meet personal, family and societal need its so refreshing to read some solid common sense. The world has and is

Simon Johnson writing in the Daily Telegraph June 8th about universty students unhappy with the standard of teaching on their courses. We've flagged these kind of issues before.

OpenEye is worth keeping on your horizons - OpenEye May E- Newsletter - Items include Open Letter to the Minister Review or Not? The Graduate Dilemma Special Needs Increase Boys are Different Exemption Refused Children's Centres

From The Mail Online - GCSEs 'put girls on path to beating boys at university' By Laura Clark Last updated at 7:22 AM on 08th June 2009. http://tinyurl.com/qhg4p4 There

Two items caught our eye... FairTest to Honor Deborah Meier, Create Award in Her Honor FairTest has an event in Manhattan coming up on the 4th to honor 2008 and

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) Edutopia E-newsletter 27th May includes  their Digital Generation Project Video. A useful reminder to many that the world of our young people

Barrister Ian Dowty who has been to several meetings with Graham Badman as part of the Government's ongoing Independent Home Education Review has written an article for the

CPE - PEN along with many groups and individuals added their voice to the petition of Roxanne Featherstone (Action for Home Education AHEd http://www.ahed.org.uk/) asking the Prime Minister

Some interesting and relevant items from Futurelab's latest newsletter: Adult Informal Learning This project, also part of the Harnessing Technology work programme, is investigating the role that digital technologies play

While this country treats its children and young people so shoddily (see post below) perhaps politicians could just take some time out from the soundbites and politics and

UK ranked Low in Child Wellbeing - It really doesn't get much worse. How many reports, how much evidence does our government need to redress this scandal? A table

This item caught our eye regarding children / young people and lack of play. It is an issue  regularly aired in the UK. A television documentary is avaiable. Where