... 'and among even the best of my students' parents, only a small number can imagine a different way to do things. " - John Taylor Gatto '

One thing that the Badman report attempts to address is that currently there are NO minimum requirements for home educators

As one EWO wrote on the BBC blog follwing an article about home schooling in the UK

"I'm an Education Welfare Officer working with children and families over school attendance.
Certainly there are home educators who are committed and doing a great job.
But, in my experience, there are a large number who are doing so for the wrong reasons and who do not have the skills to do so,
e.g. because they can't get the school of their choice; or can't get their child to school and are facing prosecution; or their relationship with school has broken down.
And often these parents are from poor educational backgrounds themselves.

But as the law allows all parents to home educate their children -not just the committed few - monitoring is vital to pick up those who aren't able to do so.'

A 'different' way of doing things may not necessarily be the 'best'