The Home Education Association Inc. of Australia – was formed in 2001 to support, promote and encourage the practice of home education. HEA members receive a monthly newsletter, quarterly online magazine Stepping Stones for Home Educators, annual printed Resource Directory and access to the members area of the HEA website, including information and forums, as [...]
Australia August 2009
Home education is a legal alternative to school based education in all states and territories of Australia. Regulations and legislation is different between states which can cause confusion, so it is important to seek out current information for the state in which you live.
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BULLYING is now rife in Queensland schools, with more than 70 students suspended every day for assault.
Some attackers are as young as five, an investigation by The Sunday Mail has found.
One in six students has at some stage been a victim, new research shows, putting our school system among the worst for bullying of [...]
What always amazes me in recent years with Federal Elections is that the result is usually ‘called’ before the Western Australian polling booths are closed. When I was a teen it would be close on midnight before the election could be ‘called’, but now it’s around 8pm. Nothing is conceded until later in the evening [...]
THOUSANDS of Victorian parents are pulling their children out of schools to educate them at home.
About 10,000 children are being educated this way – and the number is growing fast.
The parents fear their children will be bullied, under-achieve or become bored at traditional schools.
Some children receive strict text book tutelage from their parents, while others [...]
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HBLN
The Home Based Learning Network of W.A.
The Home Based Learning Network was established in 1990 and incorporated in 1994 as a non-profit organization. We provide social contact and support for people involved in home based education, and are a non-party political and non-sectarian organization.
HEA
Home Education Association Inc.
The Home Education Association Inc. (HEA) supports, [...]
Home schooling is gaining popularity among Perth parents, with new figures revealing an increase of nearly 20 per cent in the number of children being taught at home in the past five years.
Education Department figures show there are 916 children from the metropolitan area registered as home schooled students this year, compared with 771 in [...]
