School's out forever in the UK

An article in the Guardian Unlimited claims as many as 170,000 British children are homeschooled and many use the unschooling approach.
In the orchard of their home in a village near Penrith in Cumbria, eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping around on some enormous straw bales. Later, they might ride their bikes or climb on the henhouse roof. This activity is not just confined to weekends - the girls can play any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn." Read more...

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Posted by gary at 2/03/2005 07:20:00 AM | 0 comments