A whole year of harassment and vilification

I caught sight of this on another home education forum.

It's a year ago today since the UK Government started its vilification and harassment campaign against home educators in England and appointed one of its trusties to perpetuate the smearing of a law abiding minority group.

2009 really was a wasted year as far as the more alert section of the HE community are concerned. The vast amount of time and effort spent with the consultation and the Badman report diverted attention away from more productive developments, or actually getting on with the business of teaching children. I suppose one small consolation is that it has politicised many HE families and made them more aware of having to fight to preserve the rights they previously took for granted.