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1/ The myth that “reimagining” education results in “chaos” continues apace. It’s based on a partial, England-centric view of history that ignores the wide ranging conceptions of education that exist both today and historically. Both home and abroad #education #edutwitter #school
2/ There’s the heavily oversubscribed Agora School in the Netherlands which has successfully “traded courses, timetables, classes, and tests for challenges, collaboration and coaching by teachers”. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/netherlands-school-that-has-no-classes-or-curriculum-119050801149_1.html
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319678634 3/ Peter Pietersen’s “Jena Plan” schools founded on YP’s right to develop their identity “characterised by the highest possible degree of autonomy, critical consciousness, creativity, & pursue of social justice”. Schs in Germany, Italy, Latin America
4/ There are numerous Steiner schools and pre-schools running successfully around the world, based on a philosophy of “more freedom in education, because pupils and parents want a choice”.
https://ecswe.eu/#:~:text=775%20schools&text=There%20are%20775%20Waldorf%20schools,curriculum%20from%20start%20to%20finish.
https://ecswe.eu/#:~:text=775%20schools&text=There%20are%20775%20Waldorf%20schools,curriculum%20from%20start%20to%20finish.
5/ Finnish education develops as a consequence of “collective sense making”, drawing on the views . A “less is more” approach, no high stakes testing and great student wellbeing are the norm. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09585176.2018.1447306?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=rcjo20
6/ Home education is rapidly expanding in England and there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest this disadvantages young people. In fact, much research indicates there are significant benefits for many children compared with mainstream schooling.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exploring-moving-to-home-education-in-secondary-schools/exploring-moving-to-home-education-in-secondary-schools-research-summary#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20children%20educated,27%25%20from%20the%20previous%20year.&text=In%20particular%2C%20many%20children%20moved%20to%20home%20education%20from%20secondary%20school.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exploring-moving-to-home-education-in-secondary-schools/exploring-moving-to-home-education-in-secondary-schools-research-summary#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20children%20educated,27%25%20from%20the%20previous%20year.&text=In%20particular%2C%20many%20children%20moved%20to%20home%20education%20from%20secondary%20school.
7/ Many other alt's out there. Narrative that “anything else = chaos” but the status quo = self-evident makes no sense when, as consistently found in yearly “Good Childhood Report”, Eng kids are unhappy with sch. Surely we need to listen to that? https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/good-childhood-report-2020.pdf
8/ The psychological impact of our high pressure, high accountability education system can be hugely detrimental to our children’s wellbeing as early as primary school. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232835214_'I'_ll_be_a_nothing'_structure_agency_and_the_construction_of_identity_through_assessment_1
9/ And at @statesofmind_20 we are finding that many children are finding that mainstream education is actively damaging to the mental health and wellbeing of students. We’ll be releasing a number of projects soon that show this and present young peoples’ great ideas about alt's
