The federal government has introduced a controversial bill to link welfare payments to school attendance. They intend to trial this system in WA and NT before rolling it out in other states.
Home education is not truancy so this should have no effect at all on registered home educators but will be a problem for [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Welfare Payments Linked to School Attendance
Bullying Forum Online
[ 26 August 2008; 2:30 pm; ] Are you one of the thousands of young Australians who has or is experiencing a form of bullying? Not sure who to talk to or where to go? The good news is you are not alone and you can get help.
One in five young Australians have been the victim of cyber bullying (Australian Democrats Youth [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How Children Learn at Home
Authors: Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison
Published by Continuum
ISBN: 9780826479990
Price $54.00
Reviewed by: Susan Wight
“All children learn at home. From birth onwards, they explore the world around them; gradually discovering all sorts of things about their physical and social environment and the culture to which they belong…”
From the moment you read the preface you’ll know that Alan [...]
Free Maths Talks – Portland, Warrnambool, Hamilton
[ 22 August 2008 10:00 am to 24 August 2008 3:00 pm. ] The Maths Assciation of Victoria offer a free lecture series at the Melbourne Museum each year and also take some of their presentations on tour. This year the Mathematical Mystery Tour visits Portland, Warrnambool and Hamilton as listed below. These talks are informative and a lot of fun.
Friday 22nd August
St Johns Lutheran Primary School, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Otherways 117: August – October 2008
Special Feature: Teenagers and Freedom
Let’s Abolish High School by Dr. Robert Epstein
Trashing Teens by Dr. Robert Epstein
Dr Epstein on Home Education
Studying through Open University by Sharee Cordes
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