A speech on The home education conference: Groven Telemark Norway 10. of July 2010
by Christian W. Beck
Christian Beck is Professor of Education at the 'Institute of Educational Research' at the University of Oslo.
Thanks for the invitation, it's nice to be here.
Modern HE must be seen as a lack of confidence in the [...]
Foredrag på Hjemmeundervisningskonferansen: Groven Telemark 10. juli 2010
Christian W. Beck
Takk for invitasjonen, det er hyggelig å være her.
Moderne HU må sees som mistillit til tidens mega-institusjoner, i dette tilfelle skolen. HU er en del av en voksende utenfor skolen utdanning, som ikke behøver å isoleres til hjemmet og det kan inkludere deltagelse i arbeidslivet annen [...]
From the 'Freedom In Education' blog
I’ll admit that politics hasn’t been top of my agenda since the change of government, but I couldn’t let the review of the Children’s Commissioner pass by without comment.
It was to be hoped that, this time, the cries of “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. Out. Out. Out.” would be heeded by a [...]
The parents of a student in a northeastern Gothenburg suburb may no longer homeschool the child, the Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) ruled on Thursday.
In its ruling, the court pointed out that the parents refused to cooperate in an investigation. They have homeschooled their son until the fifth grade, during which time he has passed national [...]
Many of you might be aware of the fact that homeschooling is still illegal in Germany. There is now an online petition to the German government, running until June 16th, requesting homeschooling to be legalized.
Conservative leader David Cameron has made an election centrepiece of plans to allow parents and other providers to set up schools with state funding.
David Cameron tells parents to "be your own boss".
Launching his party's manifesto, Mr Cameron has promised parents "the power to get a good new school in your community".
The manifesto also says all [...]
Friday 09 April 2010
Home educators today feel a huge sense of relief as the Government has been forced to drop the home education parts of the Children Schools and Families Bill in a last-minute wash-up agreed by front benchers of the three major parties at the end of the current Parliament.
The Government had mistakenly attempted [...]
Should parents be allowed to educate their children at home, outside of the mainstream education system?
Home schooling is thriving in the United States, but it is illegal in Germany and…
MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, March 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the fact that his children passed difficult government imposed tests, and even qualified for law school at the ages of 13 and 14, homeschooler Cleber Nunes and his wife Bernadeth have been slapped with fines equivalent to a total of $3,200 for refusing to submit their [...]
Das HeTof ist ein Homeschooling Festival in Holland. Das HeTof möchte jeden Homeschooler, diejenigen die es vorhaben und alle die interessiert sind, erreichen und ist offen für alle Arten von Homeschooling, Lebensweisen und Glaubensarten.
