Government Consultation

My time over the last few days seems to have been dominated by the Select Committee hearings on elective home education (still available to watch here). I'm feeling completely drained by the whole process which has sucked so much precious time away from many home educators since the review was announced in January.
I am having a lot of trouble putting into words how I feel about it all, I've said before that I'm not great at the political stuff. I'm learning so much about the process but feeling overwhelmingly disappointed at the lack of understanding by government officials, of both home education and the huge amount of pressure and intrusion that their proposals will create, not just for parents but for children, particularly children like Cameron who have been severely let down and damaged by the schooling system.

I think there are some excellent posts around at the moment that sum up my thoughts better than I could say it myself. Posts from Jax, Helen and Merry are well worth a read. I think there are more on this theme but I am way behind on my blog reading!

I would strongly urge you to respond to the consultation if you haven't already. Get your family's views heard! There is a great post on the Dare to Know blog that walks you through the consultation and is a must read.

There is a petition here to to Reject the Report to the Secretary of State on the Review of Elective Home Education in England by Graham Badman.

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who has worked and contributed in any way to protecting our freedoms. We have had a pretty rough year and I haven't been able to contribute anywhere near as much as I would have liked. I really wish we had been able to get to the mass lobby yesterday - it looked fantastic. Elizabeth wrote a lovely post about her family's experiences there.

Back tomorrow with something a bit less serious, probably comfort food!