After my blog post about home education last week the Guardian has done a follow up piece (!) in todays Education Guardian. Spurred by the publication of a new book that is broadly supportive of home education, How Children Learn at Home by Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison (both of the Institute of Education at the University of London) it is a balanced piece of journalism that certainly does not dismiss home education (especially for younger children) but also points out some of its issues for older children looking to enter higher education.
It contains both examples of home education that will terrify many teaching professionals (like the child who did nothing but "watch Star Wars and play on the trampoline" til he was 12!) but also some examples of children who have been very successful through home education and have successfully made the tranistion to either college or university later on.
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