http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress The blog of the South West Surrey Home Educators Group Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:36:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anyone who thinks home educators have nothing to fear from a spot of "light touch registration" needs to check out Baroness Deech in the House of Lords tonight (Hansard starts at the bottom of the page) This woman has really got it in for us! Apparently she knew nothing about ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/03/08/baroness-deech-shows-just-what-were-afraid-of/ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi And oh how Ed Balls, Graham Badman and all the minions of the DCSF are fighting us now. With their media friends at the BBC and TES they are fighting dirty and do ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/03/01/then-they-fight-you/ I've just read through the Judgement on the Khyra Ishaq case by Mrs Justice King. It was hard going but not only does it make it clear that the measures in the CSF Bill would NOT have saved her, it demonstrates how they would make such cases more likely! Birmingham ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/28/khyra-ishaq-case-shows-why-csf-bill-is-a-bad-idea/ It looks like DCSF staff have been busy working on a multi-faceted media attack on home educators. Not just the spin on the Khyra Ishaq case which while deeply offensive was also sadly very predictable. No, they have also roped in the TES (hardly an unbiased publication to begin with) ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/27/dcsf-launch-media-blitz-against-home-education/ If you thought that the web site article from earlier was bad, hold on to your hat because the lead item on the BBC News at 6 this evening was WORSE. If you were to believe them you would think that Khyra Ishaq died because she was home educated and ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/25/bbc-balls-broadcasting-corp/ What can you say about Ed Balls that hasn't been said before and that doesn't involve the kind of language that I wouldn't want my daughter to read ... not that she's old enough to understand the words I want to use about him right now, but you gentle reader ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/25/ed-balls-dishonours-dead-child-for-political-gain/ I'm going to track some of the media output on the Khyra Ishaq case today to see who is a DCSF lapdog. Lapdogs get a FAIL, reporting the facts without comment from Badman or the like gets a PASS. Feel free to put any you find in the comments or ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/25/khyra-ishaq-media-watch/ Today Michael Gove did a live Q&A on the TimesOnline site. Naomi: Home educators have no faith in government , after being treated so badly by Labour. How can that be rectified? Michael Gove: Dear Naomi I think home educators do a wonderful job - they give up time and sacrifice so much ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/24/there-was-good-news-today/ Let's get something straight. See this picture? This is 'The Scapegoat' by William Holman Hunt. It is NOT a home educator. Khyra Ishaq was NOT home educated. The people finding themselves being blamed for this child's tragic death are DESPERATE to shift the focus. They always are. Forget 'lessons will be ... http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/24/we-will-not-be-your-scapegoat/ Well, I'd made them and they fit the theme of Love http://www.swsurrey-home-ed.co.uk/wordpress/2010/02/18/last-minute-entry-for-the-february-home-baked-challenge/