"Anna Maxwell Martin calls for end to ‘cruel, idiotic’ fines for school absence"

"I think we need to look hard at how we make things better for children in schools. ...

"You can’t teach children to behave better by making them feel shit. It doesn’t work. We need to meet their needs."

Also, "home education increased by 20% between 2022-23 and 2023-24"! Did not know that.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/21/anna-maxwell-martin-calls-end-fines-exclusions-school-absence

#school #SchoolRefusal #UK

Anna Maxwell Martin calls for end to ‘cruel, idiotic’ fines for school absence

Exclusive: actor says experience of school refusal showed her more compassion is needed, not exclusions

The Guardian

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Some thoughts about school avoidance and neurodiversity that @hattdesigns and I have written. #attendance #neurodiversity #schoolrefusal #education
https://360info.org/tackling-school-refusal-starts-with-supporting-neurodiverse-kids/

This is how to tackle school refusal - 360

School refusal, or ‘school can’t’, disproportionately impacts neurodivergent students. It is crucial responses to the phenomenon take their needs into account. School attendance rates in Australia have dropped dramatically since the COVID-19 lockdowns began, amid an increase in school refusal. School refusal — also known as “school can’t”, “school avoidance”, “emotionally-based school avoidance” or “anxiety-related […]

360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSdhuqj04vQ

#ABCNewsInDepth #FourCorners

If this many kids adamantly resist going to school, what's going on at #school? Shit like this is not the kids'problem. It's the #educationsystem's problem.

And I'm wondering how many #queer    kids resist going to school

#SchoolRefusal #EmotionalDistress #MentalHealth

Lately, I have felt strongly that the most important thing is life.
I used to think of it as ``just fine-sounding talk,'' but as I experience my son's illness, coronavirus, and conflict up close, I realize that there is nothing more important than life.

It doesn't really matter whether children go to school or not.

#education #life #schoolRefusal

Tonight on ABC there’s a doco about ‘School Can’t’ I’m not sure if I’ll watch it as my kids are firmly in the 38% of so-called chronically absent kids. We are extremely lucky to attend a supportive school (that we drive 15km each way to attend 🤦‍♀️). The accompanying article is good though #SchoolRefusal #neurodiversity #autism #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/school-refusal-cant-australia-education-four-corners/103669970

School refusal and the Australian families gripped by blame, shame, and the fear of a lost education

A growing crisis of school refusal is gripping Australia, leaving families in a hidden struggle with blame, shame and the fear of a lost education.

ABC News

Even the simple term "#schoolRefusal" comes from a variety of backgrounds and situations.
Even my eldest son and second son were quite different.

However, there are many people in the education world who simply think of all issues in one place, such as, ``How to deal with truancy...''

The number of children not attending school will continue to increase for some time yet...

#childcare #education

Grave concerns over growing trend of children refusing to attend school | #60MinutesAustralia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gyBe0RaZnY

#anxiety
#schoolrefusal

Grave concerns over growing trend of children refusing to attend school | 60 Minutes Australia

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i used the hashtag "want to connect with unschoolers".
#不登校さんと繋がりたい

no corresponding subtwt in english fsr.
#unschoolers #unschooling #homeschoolers #homeschooling #schoolrefusal #schoolavoidance #schoolanxiety

SNEAK PEEK: The crisis of school refusal | 60 Minutes Australia

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