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

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

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

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

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)

Extract from Education Revolution E-News 21.12.2009 On December 19th I drove up to Ashfield, Massachusetts to participate in Mary Leue's 90th birthday celebration. Mary is the founder of Albany's

We received the following in December and are currently responding to it. However, we would encourage as many of the network who feel able to do likewise. As you

We're delighted to support and publicise a new book edited by our friend Dr Richard House and his colleague Prof Del Loewenthal. A new book calls for a greater

Delighted to report the success of  John Aboot and Heather MacTaggarts latest book. 21st Century Learning Initiative 21st Century Learning Initiative  Within a couple of weeks of emailing nearly 800

From AERO E-News 14.12.2009. We're delighted the AERO survival campaign has succeeded in such a quick time. We are happy to tell you that AERO has reached its goal

With thanks to Peter van Zuidam for this link. Study Shows Home-Educated Become Model Citizens http://www.hslda.ca/cche_research/2009Study.pdf A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Home Education reveals that

Encouraging news with AEROs Campaign... Survival Campaign: Almost There! The AERO Survival Fund Campaign is getting close to its goal. We have $1,418 more to go this week to match

With thanks to Paul Henderson for this Quiz time! Spot the replacement words in these corrupted quotes – bonus points if you can deduce what the original words were. “Learning

If you weren't already depressed over the calibre of educational debate then look no further than the news stories and political reaction to the latest reports from the

Latest PEN Journal no.11 available shortly... free to members. Making Inconvenient Knowledge Invisible – Prof. Ian Cunningham Dispatches from our Grandfather Correspondent - Michael Foot Book Reviews: Toxic Schooling: How Schools Became

The Government’s multibillion pound Building Schools for the Future programme offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity for school development and renewal, but are we simply re-housing old problems in new

SoE keeps building its services and base. It is a great model for linking those who have skills and knowledge to those who wish to learn. It truly

Good to see John and Heather cracking away at the nonesense of the current schooling systems. They talk a lot of sense and help the debate about educational

Thanks to Iris Harrison for this link. CPE-PEN is always pleased to hear of positive moves from schools towards the notion of Flexischooling. I am pleased to forward you

With thanks to Dr Roland Meighan for this article Those who were able to attend The School of Education at Birmingham University on November 4th enjoyed a lively programme

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

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