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Even the Kids are WFH - The Rise of Home Education

It's been a while. For anyone new to the blog, welcome and thank-you for checking it out. For anyone who was shocked to receive an alert to a new post, hello again! I'm back, baby! Slight change of angle, since my little boy is now a pre-schooler (where did the time go?), and I find myself increasingly on the parent side of the parent/teacher divide, my posts are now (probably) going to be more parent-friendly. Still about education - I'm a teacher; I can't help it, just a little more from inclusive of the parent angle. That said, this week I want to tackle a topic that's been buzzing on my radar: home education. It's a subject that's seen a massive surge in interest recently, with searches for "homeschooling" and "home education" spiking in the UK. I've been doing some digging, and it’s a fascinating, complex topic that touches on a lot of the things we've talked about before, like the pressures on the school system and the emoti...

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