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Education Otherwise (EO) is a registered charity based in England for families whose children are being educated otherwise than at school, and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take responsibility for the education of their children. It provides support and information online, by telephone and through a bi-monthly newsletter to members throughout the UK and overseas. Established in the mid-1970s, it took its name from the (then current) 1944 Education Act (Section 36) which stated that parents are responsible for the education of their children, "either by regular attendance at school or otherwise". This clause has been retained in subsequent (currently section 7 of the 1996 Education Act)〔(Education Act 1996 (Section 7) )〕 and remains a clear acceptance of the parity and validity afforded an education otherwise than by schooling.〔Scotland and Northern Ireland have similar legislation. In Scotland the wording is "or by other means" rather than "otherwise"〕 ==Origins== In 1972 Royston Lambert, head of Dartington Hall School asked Dick Kitto, who had been working there since 1955, to set up a project in conjunction with Northcliffe School to provide education for a group of non-academic students who would have to take another year in school due to the pending raising of the school leaving age.〔Duane, Michael. ''The Terrace: An Educational Experiment in a State School''. Freedom Press. 1995. ISBN 0-900384-78-6〕 Kitto established a free school or democratic school model for the running of the project and was impressed by the qualities of the students even though they had effectively unschooled themselves within the school system, where they were perceived as trouble makers.〔Interview with Dick Kitto, Education Otherwise Newsletter (Number 61), August 1988〕 Kitto's ''school'' caught the attention of Stan Windlass, who had been working for a children's rights centre in London, through which he had become aware of several families who were educating their own children. Windlass had just taken the lease of Lower Shaw Farm and wanted to establish it as a centre to explore ideas for an alternative society. Windlass asked Kitto to become the warden at Lower Shaw Farm after the Northcliffe School project ended. Kitto was familiar with ideas about unschooled education through reading John Holt and Joy Baker's ''Children in Chancery''〔Published by Hutchinson in 1964 - now out of print〕 along with his experiences at the Northcliffe School project. He and Windlass were able to contact several families who were educating otherwise and arranged an informal network, and occasional meetings, between them throughout 1975 and 1976. During 1976 Granada television made a programme about the group which resulted in around 200 enquiries and expanded the membership to over 50. The informal nature of the group could not handle such a level of interest and so, at a meeting in September 1976 which included five deschooling families, a more formal structure for the group was established with stated aims and a regular newsletter. In 1977 Kitto presented a BBC TV ''Open Door'' programme about the ideas behind the organisation. This resulted in over 2000 enquiries and increased the membership to around 250.〔A tribute to Dick Kitto, Education Otherwise Newsletter (Number 130), October 1999 - Citing obituaries from the Daily Telegraph and Guardian newspapers.〕 The original logo (based on a UK traffic sign) was intended to represent a child breaking-out of the confines of school, and pointing towards a different way. It was submitted to a Printer with the request that, before printing, the 'foot' be made to look more as though it was kicking the triangle open; the originator of the drawing had always remained unhappy with that foot! & at a later opportunity the logo was amended slightly to make it less like what the originator saw as a "goose-step"! 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Education Otherwise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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