Home edders in the U.K., and a good home for a good book

Sorry for taking so long to close this out. This weekend, as you probably already know, news came from the U.K. that homeschoolers there are going to be under a lot more government supervision, and needless to say the community is not responding with just a gentle sigh. I joined an action loop in order to stay updated and see what kind of help I can offer (not much for an outsider to do but spread the word, so far). I checked my email right before I went to bed at midnight Saturday, woke up at around eight the next morning, and there were more than three hundred postings. Questions, ideas, anger. It's been enraging and inspiring for me all at once. If the U.K. government thinks they're going to be able to just hand this down without one Helga of a fight, they don't know who they're messing with.

I'll be writing more about this in the upcoming issue, but here's a link to an article that spells out the basics of what's going on for home educators in the U.K.:
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8093796.stm
 
And here's a link to the complete text of the review in question:
 
http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/8318-DCSF-HomeEdReviewBMK.PDF

Which isn't what you came here for, but is information worth having.

And now for the book giveaway.

Let me apologize for not having more copies to give away. I really do just have the one, and it's bumming me out because people want it for such good reasons. I'm sorry not to be able to do more.

But: the winner is...

(Did you slow down on that ellipsis?)

The lovely Jean!

Please send me your mailing address off-loop, Jean. Drop me a line at deborah at 2ds dot org

Again, many apologies for just having the one copy. I'm glad it's going to a good home.

There will be more giveaways, since I've been fortunate in the review-copy department and live in smallish digs. Do check back when you can.