Homeschool associations and the Pestalozzi Trust were invited to meetings with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in October 2014 to discuss the development of a new policy on home education. This was the first meeting of such a nature in more than two decades. Representatives that attended these meetings were pleasantly surprised by the willingness of the DBE to listen to the homeschool representatives and learn from them. Click here...

  Education is often described as a shared responsibility. President Obama said in a speech in 2011.  “That’s why reforming education is the responsibility of every American – every parent, every teacher, every business leader, every public official, and every student.” This idea is also often articulated in a popular slogan : “It takes a village to educate a child.” The parties that are usually mentioned to share this responsibility are...