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1、TeachingChildrenatHomeRecordnumbersofchildrenarebeingtakenoutofschoolandtaughtbytheirparentsathome.Upto100childrenamonthareleavingtheclassroombecauseparentsarenotsatisfiedwithschools.Around15,000familiesnowteachtheirchildrenathome,ariseof50percentfromlastyear,accordingt
2、othelatestfigures.Thispresentriseinhomeschoolingisblamedonthenatureofexaminations,notgettingchildrenintotheschoolofchoiceanddissatisfactionwithteachingmethods.Someparentspreferkeepingchildrenhomebecauseofattacksbyotherstudentsandalackofdisciplineinschools.Researcherssay
3、,however,manyfamiliespreferteachingathomebecausetheyfeeltheideaofpublicschoolingisnotmodern.Theybelieveschoolswillbethingsofthepastin20yearsasmediatechnology,liketheInternet(因特网),teacheschildren.Underthelaw,parentsmustteachtheirchildren,whetheratschoolorathome.Community
4、officialsarecharged(被指控)withprotectingtheirschooling.ProfessorMeighanofNottinghamUniversitysaysparentswerefedupwiththerequirementsofexistingschools.Forhim,schoolsareanout-of-dateconceptfromthedaysofthetowncrier(市政传令员),whenitwasdifficulttogetinformationandacentralpersonw
5、asneededtocommunicatethatknowledge.Healsothinksparentsarerecognizingthateducationismovingonanddon'twanttheirchildrentobeheldbackbyout-of-datemethods.MeighansuggestschildrenwillbetaughtathomeusingtheInternet,computers,andvideo(录像片).Hethinksfutureschoolswillbesmallgroupso
6、fchildrensharingequipmentintheirhomes.Theteachersmaybecomeadviserswhosortthroughtheinformation.SirChristopherBalloftheRoyal(皇家的)SocietyofArtsquestionedthefutureofschooling.Hethinkslearninginthefuturewillincludeaninternationalcurriculumandinternationalstandards.Heseessom
7、epresentmodelsofschooling--communityschoolsandhomeschooling,forexample--becomingmorecentralandothermodels,notyetexisting,developing.HowPersonalChoiceBringsO-LevelSuccessat13LeslieBarsonisalreadyrunningthetypeofschoolthatresearchersthinkwillteachchildreninthefuture.Based
8、partlyatacommunitycentreandpartlyinfamilyhomes,theOtherwiseClubincludessome35familiesaroundnorthLondon.Profess
