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Category Archives: Stealing your freedom
Next, the under fives.
The introduction of a compulsory annual visit by a health visitor or trained advocate is suggested to ensure that the most at-risk children (about 68 per cent of cases involved children from birth to four) can express concerns to a … Continue reading
Democracy in action?
Tonight I am feeling betrayed and let down by a man who in all reality has no responsibility to me at all. Lord Lucas has placed an amendment against the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill as follows: 311 Insert … Continue reading
I am not convinced.
I am not convinced by the existing research studies on the outcomes for home educated children both in this country and elsewhere. Although some (but not all) studies have found that home educated children outperform schooled children on a range … Continue reading
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Not in my name.
EO has produced a pdf for the review which you can read here I would like to state for the record that I am not now a member of EO although we were during our first year or so of … Continue reading
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lookee who I found
in the Telegraph, Revealed: new teaching methods that are producing dramatic results Innovative headteachers at schools around the country are abandoning traditional chalk and talk teaching methods in favour of widely differing visions of an educational future. Judith Woods enters … Continue reading
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Answer from the department.
My MP has forwarded a letter from Sarah McCarthy-Fry that I’ve seen dotted about the internet. It’s a standard letter and doesn’t address any of our individual concerns. My MP says “if there are any points you would like me … Continue reading
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A voice of reason.
On the day that it became illegal to take pictures of the police an interesting report was released: Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says. After a three-year global study, the … Continue reading
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Yet more email addresses to contact.
One of the members of the facebook group working against the current home education consultation (what, you haven’t filled it in? where have you been? Off you go, now!) has received a letter from her MP as follows: Had another … Continue reading
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My letter to my MP
Found it! Dear Chris McCafferty, I wish to complain about the government’s current consultation on home education which can be found here http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1605&external=no&menu=1 This consultation does not appear to follow the code of practice for consultations, as it is only … Continue reading
Home education consultation.
From the econsultation website: Email Alerts We are experiencing problems with the email alert functionality on this website. If you have requested to be alerted when consultations, or results of consultations, for which you have registered an interest, are published, … Continue reading
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If you want to be scared
it would probably be wise to know what to be scared of. I first started writing this back in November and never finished it. I thought that it may be time to publish it though, given that I spent a … Continue reading
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Baby P: Ed Balls admits new child protection law would not have saved his life – Telegraph
Baby P: Ed Balls admits new child protection law would not have saved his life – Telegraph Anne Marie Carrie, the director of children’s services for Kensington & Chelsea in west London, was applauded for suggesting that the £224million being … Continue reading
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A manifesto for IT education in the internet age.
Bebo kids will value privacy when they see adults do too | Comment is free | The Guardian To remain safe and free, we must raise the next generation to understand real risk and security. Let’s give pocket money based … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | UK | Prosecutor’s security state fears
BBC NEWS | UK | Prosecutor’s security state fears But in his final speech, Sir Ken called for “level headedness” and restraint to uphold hard-won freedoms. “We need to take very great care not to fall into a way of … Continue reading
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Something New
Recently, I posted “Oh look, someone has noticed”, remarking on how the Government has suddenly noticed that we have a problem over food security and fuel security. Today we have something new: But Mr Woolas, who became immigration minister in … Continue reading
Petition actions | Protect The Human
Petition actions | Protect The Human This autumn the Government wants to push through a Bill allowing police to lock people up for 42 days without charge if they are suspected of a terrorism-related offence. When the Counter-Terrorism Bill comes … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | Education | Database of children is delayed
BBC NEWS | Education | Database of children is delayed The introduction of a database of details about every child in England has been delayed for the second time. The database of children’s names, addresses, birth dates and contact details … Continue reading
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ID contractor denounced over data loss | Politics | The Guardian
ID contractor denounced over data loss | Politics | The Guardian The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday denounced the consultancy firm involved in the development of the ID cards scheme for “completely unacceptable” practice after losing a memory stick containing … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | England | London | End to father’s motorway protest
BBC NEWS | England | London | End to father’s motorway protest Police said despite the massive traffic disruption on the motorway, the man had the right to protest peacefully. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said that despite queues that stretched … Continue reading
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Some government dept, somewhere.
NDS – News Distribution Service From 2010 the new scheme will form part of personal skills accounts that will be available to all adults and will guarantee free training for older people up to at least level 2 GCSE equivalent. … Continue reading
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