Category: Australia

NSW sure needs our help again: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/homeschooling Home schooling (Inquiry) This inquiry is a current Legislative Council inquiry conducted by the Home schooling Committee.   This inquiry was established on 28 May 2014 to inquire into and report on home schooling in New South Wales. Read more here… SELECT COMMITTEE…

I was rung by a reporter in Christchurch this morning about this article in an Australian newspaper: Bullies spur parents to home school kids The West Australian Natalie Brown The West Australian January 19, 2014, 11:32 am The West Australian Bullying and “cattiness” spurred by social media has contributed to…

School’s in: Annie Regan home schools her children Caitlin, 9, Liam, 7, and Millie, 4, at their Tarrawarra home. Photo: Penny Stephens The walls of the living room are plastered with number charts and illustrated alphabets, and fun facts about gorillas. But it would be wrong to call this room…

Josephine Tovey Emotional decision: Sydney mother Lindy Hadges with Ruben, 15, and Odette, 8. Ms Hadges is educating her five children at home as she believes in a more ”organic, fluid” style of learning. Photo: Janie Barrett The number of children being taught at home in NSW has ballooned by…

Emotional decision: Sydney mother Lindy Hadges with Ruben, 15, and Odette, 8. Ms Hadges is educating her five children at home as she believes in a more ”organic, fluid” style of learning. Photo: Janie Barrett The number of children being taught at home in NSW has ballooned by 65 per…