Home educators have long been subject to discrimination, prejudice & #homeeduphobia for choosing an #equalstatus option but we have recently made good progress by engaging in constructive dialogue with @scotgov & LAs. There is much work still to do!
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Just some reminders of how #GIRFEC grifters have long been abusing children's rights, the rot having started in Highland no2np.org/tag/highland-c…
"Unlike welfare, #wellbeing has no precise legal definition...The pass mark for individual parents will depend on the appointed box-ticker’s interpretation of life events, significant or otherwise, such as losing the pet hamster." #girfec#datatheft scottishreview.net/AlisonPreuss40…
As for child protection...we give you the formidable Kenneth Roy on #girfec#datatheft
Last month we polled our most recently-joined members on their school vs. #homeed intentions post-lockdown. School lost the popular vote by a wide margin with only 8% definitely returning thier children. scothomeed.co.uk/more-parents-o…
Our membership has increased by nearly 600 since March. We have admission criteria and rules that prohibit the use of #homeschooling misterminology, which means we decline requests from those who believe we support the replicatation of schooling at home.
THREAD: We are beginning a #factchecking audit of websites that claim to offer info and advice on #homeed in Scotland. There are only two sites we would recommend that are accurate and up to date: our own scothomed.co.uk (of course!) & @HomeEdScotland
We've contacted @scotgov's mygov.scot repeatedly to correct errors/update #homeed content but no response. They can't even get terminology right & link to inactive/discredited orgs mygov.scot/home-schooling/ We expect better of govt sites than to mislead the public 👎