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I was homeschooled for eight years: here’s what I recommend

I was homeschooled for eight years, from age 11 through to college, before it was a novel way for tiger parents to show off their dynamic commitment to their children’s education. Now, if millions of parents and families are suddenly going to be homeschooling their kids for the coming weeks Read more…

By Steve Richards, 4 years21st April 2020 ago
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Alt Education

What’s wrong with homeschooling?

If you have come to read this blog post as a result of the headline then you probably fall into one of two groups of people – the first ‘group’ is pretty much pro-home education – you may actually be a home educator or you may know somebody who is Read more…

By Steve Richards, 4 years20th September 2019 ago
Definition of word language
Alt Education

George Orwell and the importance of words

Like much of the country, I have been following events in Westminster over the last few weeks with increasing disquiet. I am not going to comment, here on Brexit, but on the language used by politicians. I was brought up to be polite – indeed, I can remember my mother Read more…

By Steve Richards, 4 years13th September 2019 ago
Multi-lingual Happy Birthday
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The original and still the best? Looking back on an amazing twenty years

Monday 6th September 1999 was what they call a quiet news day – no single event dominated the day’s newspapers in the UK. Tony Blair had been Prime Minister for two years and Mambo No 5 was top of the UK charts! For NSWLearning however, it was a hugely important Read more…

By Steve Richards, 4 years22nd August 2019 ago
Alt Education

A few thoughts about autism

It took me a while to acknowledge the truth that Zac is autistic. I knew he was since he was 6 months old but I sort of tried to ignore it. Everything inside of me hoped it wasn’t a real thing (mostly because everything outside of me said it wasn’t Read more…

By Lyn Richards, 5 years1st May 2019 ago
Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Saxony - Germany
Alt Education

JS Bach and the importance of delight

JS Bach is one of my favourite classical composers. Born in Germany in 1685, from an early age his passion was music. At the age of 14 he won a prestigious choral scholarship whilst when he was 18 he was appointed organist in Arnstadt, a position that actually provided him Read more…

By Steve Richards, 6 years1st March 2018 ago
Burgdorf Castle
Alt Education

What a Swiss educator can teach us about the role of parents

From the very first, we have always regarded NorthStarWorldwide as a complementary education process. We are not a school and we are not in the business of replacing parents; what we attempt to do is to come alongside parents (and more latterly schools) and provide assistance in those areas where Read more…

By Steve Richards, 8 years14th February 2016 ago
Child chalkling on pavement
Alt Education

What schools can learn from John Holt

I am a great fan of the American educationalist John Holt. I am very aware that this does not necessarily endear me to some Christians who struggle with what they perceive to be his radical child-centred educational agenda. Whatever one might think of Holt’s philosophy of learning (and I feel Read more…

By Steve Richards, 10 years23rd April 2014 ago
Map showing Rochdale
Alt Education

Another good idea to come out of Rochdale!

Last week I was invited to speak at a meeting in Rochdale in Lancashire. A group of folks are busy setting up an excited new venture known as Gateway Christian Education, aimed at supporting Christian home educators and others within the region. It is a radical proposal involving a sort Read more…

By Steve Richards, 13 years26th November 2010 ago
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