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Family Matters: Cynthia Hancox and how homeschooling is in the firing line!

29 min · 22 de may de 2026
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In this episode of Family Matters, Simon sits down with Cynthia Hancox to discuss the government looking to give the Ministry of Education huge new powers to impose reporting and assessment requirements on home schooling. Cynthia is the government liaison for the National Council of Home Educators, advises those homeschooling, and has herself homeschooled five children. She shares how the Ministry has not consulted the sector but instead surprised them with proposed legislation via the Education and Training (System Reform) Bill. In fact, she talks of how the Ministry explicitly notes in its own documentation that they have chosen not to engage and expect this to be badly received.

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