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"Two parents put forward contrasting views on home education plans

In the first of a special series of summer debates on education fault-lines, two home-educating parents put forward contrasting views on government plans for local authorities to monitor them more closely:

Have your say and cast a vote in the poll on the right
Simon Webb is a home-educating parent who fears that some other families are limiting their children’s futures, and says ‘Yes, children deserve better than a scrappy, unbalanced education’

As the father of a 15-year-old girl who has been educated at home since birth, you might expect me to be a firm supporter of home education. But I have grown increasingly sceptical about it. Many of the children being “home-educated” would probably be better off in school."...more...