My daughter has another two years before she applies for a place at an LEA-run school or is assessed for a fee-paying school. There are other possibilities too, including foreign government schools in London and alternative (but relatively cheap) fee-paying schools. And, of course, there’s home schooling. The more I look at the stress of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Afterschooling’
5 November 2008
The afterschooling imperative
I learned a new word this week. “Afterschooling” (noun), “afterschool” (verb; as in “I afterschool my kids”) Afterschooling is consciously augmenting your child’s school-provided curriculum. Afterschooling parents are hybrids: think homeschooler meets laissez faire parent. Many of us were afterschooled and didn’t even know it; our parents probably didn’t know it either. They took us [...]
