increase in children being formally taken out of school. in rochdale, before the pandemic, an average of 91 children were being electively home educated. the past year has seen an additional 192. i think some families do not want local authority or agency involvement, and again, we have to kind of respect that, but in the same respect, we ve got to think about those families, where they do need that support. with an increase in the number of families going down the home education route, the government wants to introduce a register and says it will help with safeguarding and monitoring of children who are no longer in the school system. hannah has been home educating for two years and is sceptical about the register. if it becomes where . they are putting us on a register to keep tabs on us, to try and fit. us into those boxes, try l and get us to do a set curriculum i and tell us when we should be home educating, i think that s where problems are going to arise. we are just normal
with an increase in the number of families going down the home education route, the government wants to introduce a register and says it will help with safeguarding and monitoring of children who are no longer in the school system. hannah has been home educating for two years and is sceptical about the register. if it becomes where they are putting | us on a register to keep tabs on us, | to try and fit us into those boxes, try and get us to do a set - curriculum and tell us when we should be home educating, i think that s where problems are going to arise. we are just normal people, normal, everyday mums and dads. - it s more fun. it isn t like you just sit at a desk and you have to do what they ve given you. it s way less boring. the government says a register is about safeguarding and support, but families like these say they are being penalised for what they feel is best for their children. elaine dunkley, bbc news. tens of thousands of pilgrims have
today. that s gorgeous. i don t think it gets better than that. imagine this, as you know. imagine a school where the kids make all of the rules. it sounds like a movie plot or a dream come true if you re a kid. believe it or not it s real. it s called unschooling. this is a story that jennifer whalen worked on extensively. there s no set curriculum. there are no tests. students set their own goals and they learn at their own pace. it s actually catching on. what looks like another day at the park for these school kids is actually a real life learning lesson. on this day they choose the playground as their classroom and tomorrow it s wherever else they want to go. it s called unschooling where children lead the way with no curriculum or tests and adults watch on as kids decide what they want to learn and when.
and this is what we have to deal with now. we ve got the videos and quizzes and a set curriculum that s trying to teach our kids that we, america, are to blame for the bad things that happen to us? well, megyn, this when i was on fox several weeks ago to talk about this issue, i began to talk about this bigger issue of how education is changing dramatically in america as we move from textbooks to online learning. and in the past, each state and in texas the state board of education, would review textbooks to be sure the information was right and that there wasn t a bias. and that that textbooks would be distributed and parents could see them. they ve been approved. today, we have an onslaught of online products by c-scope, which was not involved in this particular lesson. megyn: that s the other that has the agenda in texas. right, that s the other entity and now you have safari montage with this video and talked to the state board of