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Press Release ArchiveMonday 9th March 2009Home Educators’ Petition Rejecting the State as Parent of First Resort Strikes a ChordA petition launched following the Government’s announcement of an Independent Review into Home Education has reached the top 50 most popular petitions on Downing Street’s e-petition site. Read Full Press Release Home Educators Share Concern over Misleading Advice Leading to Local Authority Staff Breaking the LawEducation Otherwise today issued a Press Release supporting ARCH's research paper "Protecting the Virtual Child". Read Full Press Release Response to "Morgan: Action to Ensure Children’s Education & Welfare"Education Otherwise today issued a press release in response to the announcement by DCSF of a review of home education contained in the press release entitled MORGAN: ACTION TO ENSURE CHILDREN’S EDUCATION & WELFARE". Read Full Press Release Press Release on Social Security (Lone Parents & Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008At 10.00 today (Thursday) the House of Lords Merits Committee will publish its report on the Social Security (lone parents and miscellaneous amendments) Regulations 2008. The measures, which have been met with opposition throughout their progress through Parliament, will then be presented to both Houses of Parliament for approval. Read Full Press Release Press Release on Home Education Following Tragic Birmingham CaseEducation Otherwise has just issued a press release about home education following the tragic events in Birmingham.
Read Full Press Release Lack of Appropriate Childcare Will Leave Children Home AloneEducation Otherwise today issued a Press Release commenting that today's teachers' strike has revealed severe shortages in suitable affordable childcare. EO asks when the Government will realise that this is also a huge problem for home educating single parents.Education Otherwise points out that reforms of the welfare system mean that home educating lone parents may be forced to leave children as young as 7 for 16 hours a week.
Read Full Press Release Anti-bullying week 19th - 23rd NovemberEducation Otherwise has issued a press release prior to Anti-Bullying week which starts next Monday 19th November. Please email EO's media co-ordinator Ann Newstead if you wish information about the experience of home educators.Read Full Press Release Home Education Legal Until 18Education Otherwise yesterday welcomed a personal assurance from the Secretary of State, Ed Balls, that home education would continue to be a legal option for young people between the ages of 16 and 18.Annette Taberner of EO Government Policy Group told a meeting at the Institute of Education in London that there was a poor level of understanding about home education and many barriers and difficulties are faced by parents.
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Education Otherwise Points Out That Sufficient Laws And Safeguards Are Already In Place To Regulate Home Education And To Protect Vulnerable Children
Education Otherwise issued the following statement to coincide with the sentencing of Eunice Spry. Read Full Press Release
Press Release: Support Charity Launches New Campaign Website"Freedom for Children to Grow" is the new campaign website launched today by Education Otherwise, Britain's largest and longest established home education support charity. Read Full Press Release.
Press Release: Education Otherwise Reminds Minister That Home Educators Are StakeholdersEducation Otherwise issue a press release condemning home educators' exclusion from pre-consultation discussions with the DfES and calling for the earliest possible response from Alan Johnson Secretary of State for Education.
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