Live comments on Select Committee pt 2
Annette (someone) reading out the e-mail that’s been on the lists from the LA saying the data was from ALL children ever. Badman denies it point blank. Badman claiming his .4% right. Hope she goes off and checks and finds out he’s wrong.
Chairman saying that this should be about education.
Johnson admits that it’s really about standard of education. Trying to blame media for focus on welfare! Ha!
Johnson worried about not having a full dataset! OMG the horror the horror!
Registration. Woman on panel in favour of registration, asking about right of appeal (which DCSF haven’t mentioned). Is an appeals procedure in the current consultation because she says she can’t answer because it’s ongoing.
Moving on to SEN and how parents feel about being monitored. Badman avoiding the question and blabbing on about money for support of SEN children and ignoring the stress caused by monitoring and approval.
Chairman saying relationship should be positive, helping rather than inspection. Johnson agreeing despite her drive for inspection. Woman goes back to parents of SEN children who don’t fit into a round hole. Badman seems to be suggesting that SEN children should be treated differently from other EHE children. Maybe they’ll get let off the HENC curriculum?
MP suggests dropping registration. Johnson says LAs need to know numbers to be able to plan services. Will there be a sanction? Johnson refuses to answer because the consultation is still open. Yeah right! Badman claims that annual registration is not such a big deal. Badman says that we are performing a ‘public function’! Back to rights of children, bla bla bla, sorry Graham we know exactly what that means!
Female MP right of entry to home and interviewing children alone and LAs not making use of current powers. Badman quoting an LA is NOT answering the question! Children do not NEED to meet ECM outcomes! Badman claims that the quote represents almost ALL LAs! How that is possible when so many didn’t answer at all is a mystery.
What if the child doesn’t want to meet you? Badman admits he was dreading this question. Ah, we’re to trust LA officials to decide if that’s REALLY the opinion of the child! How convenient!
Badman claiming that nothing in his report will stop us home educating. Oh this is FUNNY. We should trust to the good sense of the people working in EHE licensing. In a pig’s eye! When you’ve got someone like we have I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him!
Woman asks about training and the resources required. Could it be a bottomless pit. DCSF claim training is part of full response costing.
MP asks about learning outcomes. Ah NOW it’s outcomes they’re admitting that they have incomplete stats. Admitting research shows good outcomes but dismissing it because they don’t know how representative it is. Funny how that doesn’t matter for LAs isn’t it?
Badman going back to NEET data and calling it ’stark’.
They really do hate not knowing.
Q about statement of intended learning. 2 sides of A4 Johnson says. Admits that AE will be an issue and there is ‘work to do’. “suitable” and “efficient” again.
Badman “21st century society” and back to the UNCRC. He can’t conceive of a middleschool age child who doesn’t know about the history china or carbon sequestration. Quotes Harrison case. MP points out it seems statement will require some required areas of knowledge.
Badman claims he’s independent (watching Home Educators roar with derisive laughter) and it’s beyond his brief. BUT he thinks it there should be a curriculum.
Chairman brings up socialisation. Badman … no, he’s not going to try using the CoE quote?! ah, backs off from that. Chairman MP cracks joke about weird private school graduates.
MP asks if it’s the thin end of the wedge. Good man! Regulation vs freedom. Points out that National Curriculum started ‘broad brush’ and ended up narrowly proscriptive. Danger of same happening to HE. Badman denies that’s what he meant. Johnson says nothing.
Badman admits that there are as many types of home ed as there are home educators. If he realises that why is he suggesting what he is?
Dark-haired MP asks about example of registration but minimal intervention. Badman brings up Tasmania, admitting HEers hate the idea. Points out that EO is not representative.
LOST FEED looks like the video automatically cuts off when the meeting is meant to have ended. Very irritating!
Jemmo Said on October 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pm quote
Thanks for this. A nice reminder of what went on. The full video is now up on the website. That really was the end when it cut off - just missed the chairman saying ‘thanks for coming’.
Annkrozeika Said on October 12th, 2009 at 11:12 pm quote
Thanks so much for doing this. I’ve been having computer probs and had lost all sound so could hear none of it. This is really helpful to read while I try and get sound fixed, then I will be watching it all back. Thanks again