If you haven’t seen the list of witnesses for the select committee the phrase read it and weep comes to mind.
From Home Education Forums
The Children, Schools and Families Committee will be taking formal oral evidence as follows:
Monday 12 October 2009 at 4.45pm
Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses:
Graham Badman CBE;
Ms Diana R Johnson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary [...]
We all have plans for the future and hopes for our children. It’s kind of what parents do. And it is our responsibility to equip our children for a life in the community that they are part of – sounds like a sound statement of responsibility to me.
But how did the Badman home education review(pdf [...]
I was watching the local news tonight, and it turns out that the two policewomen banned from looking after each other’s children live in this area, so were interviewed on the show. They were doing each other a favour – job sharing and childcare sharing, in much the same way women in communities have done [...]
You know, us home educators who are ranting and raving about invasion of privacy following the Badman review of home education, are we just fringe nutters?
I admit we’ve made some unusual choices in our life. It isn’t standard to home educate your children after all. And if you don’t home educate them, finding a montessori [...]
The Select Committee day of investigation into the conduct and findings of Graham Badman’s Home Education review is fast approaching. Someone has now found this little gem:
Please see the attached letter from Graham Badman.
Graham would like to make local authorities aware of the forthcoming Select Committee hearing in early October which is likely to examine [...]
On Weds I was heartened to receive an email from the Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families, advising me of their inquiry into the review.
Along with a response from the UK Statistics Authority implying that they are looking into the statistic use of Badman’s review, and an increasing number of MPs signing up to [...]
Hi
I am writing to express my concern at the statistics used to inform Graham Badman’s review of home education, released 11 June 2009.
The review can be found here as a free download.
and the particularly disturbing section, on which the vast majority of the call to action and most upsetting recommendations are based is the section [...]
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 the following new Clause—
“Support for home education
Support for home education
(1) The Secretary of State [...]
Lord Lucas asks
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as required by the Code of Practice on Consultation, they have published an impact assessment to accompany the “Registration and Monitoring Proposals” consultation following Mr Badman’s report on Elective Home Education; and, if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House.
Baroness Morgan [...]
This review does not argue against the rights of parents as set out in Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 outlined above, nor their deeply held convictions about education. I believe it would be wrong to seek to legislate in pursuit of an all embracing definition of “suitable”. However, such is the demand and [...]
Article doesn’t really get the main points about Graham Badman’s home education review across, but some comments, including Merry’s, do. Feel free to go and join the fray as there are quite a few posters who just don’t seem to get it.
Well, the publicity is continuing post Badman review, with an article in the Guardian today about flexi-schooling with the tagline “New regulation for home educators could mean a rush to take up part-time schooling, a parent writes”.
I have commented as follows:
Just because the review was accepted in full by ministers does not mean that regulations [...]
Dear John Gummer,
I am writing to draw your attention to the review of home education carried out by Graham Badman and presented to the government on 11 June, last week. Ed Balls stated that he accepted all recommendations from the review, and immediately launched a consultation into changes in how home education will be regulated.
I [...]
First thing of all – Don’t Panic!
This is a long haul. The consultation period runs up to October, and even then we won’t actually be done fighting. If they then draw up legislation, there will be most likely be campaigning to be done at that point too. So get yourself settled down and ready to [...]
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 of indicators, the results may be attributable to parental characteristics (e.g. better educated parents [...]
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 to pursue further, please let me know”.
Oh, where to start. How about the first paragraph?
Thank [...]
