New Vic home schooling laws: fair or missing the point?

Geordie Little

By Geordie Little
Published September 28, 2017

Opponents of home schooling in Victoria have won an important victory.

Starting next year, the state government is bringing in significantly tighter regulations for parents who home school, aimed at making ...

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