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November 2017

November 02, 2017

Should the ICCE be accepted for university entrance?

Students from minority religious backgrounds should not be punished for their parents' choices.

November 01, 2017

Children: The Pawns of the Culture War

A former student reminds us that campaigns against religious schools impact the students.

October 2017

October 29, 2017

Putting Life Back Together After Accelerated Christian Education

A former ACE student tries to understand her life during and after Accelerated Christian Education.

October 26, 2017

International Certificate of Christian Education: ready for university?

An article in the Oxford Review of Education finds that the ICCE fails to test...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

Jonny Scaramanga on the Thinking Atheist Podcast

A thorough podcast look at private Christian schools in the US and abroad

July 09, 2017

Accelerated Christian Education back on the Jeremy Vine Show

Who should get a platform on the BBC? What does 'balance' mean when debating creationists...

July 07, 2017

BBC Radio documentary on fundamentalist schools now online

If you're not able or just don't want to read my thesis, perhaps a radio...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

My First Time With Shakespeare

A former home schooler describes her continuing fight with the holes in her education.

September 2016

September 13, 2016

Out among the stars: Defeating the legacy of religious indoctrination

An ACE escapee finds his place in the universe after years of indoctrination. Contains references...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Christian teacher on ACE training: “I was being indoctrinated”

Here, as far as I know, is the only first-person account of what it...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Like it or not, we need Christian allies

A recent cry for help from an abused homeschooler reminded me some children can't talk...

June 06, 2016

New Christian school whistleblowers speak out about creationism and sexism (UK)

Two former Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) students who have never before spoken publicly have made...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

When halloween is the enemy

Many parents are choosing Christian schools to avoid Halloween celebrations.

March 2015

March 11, 2015

Republican gave his daughters to a rapist because they were “possessed by demons”

Have you been following the story of Rep. Justin Harris, the Arkansas Republican who adopted...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Can you get into university with an ICCE Advanced Certificate?

Are you a student studying the International Certificate of Christian Education? Are you hoping to...

November 03, 2014

Accelerated Christian Education’s survivors speak out

Once more, this week we're diving into Reddit's Ask Me Anything about ACE schools. Unlike...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Ex-con opens new fundamentalist school in Dover

There's more bad news for ACE in the current issue of Private Eye. On page 36,...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Christian Education Europe must be loving all this ‘persecution’

It's fair to say the last ten days have not been the best for Christian...

June 19, 2014

Are some private Christian schools operating in secret?

How many ACE schools are there really? In all the press coverage this week, it's...

June 16, 2014

Newsnight tonight

In one hour and twenty minutes from now, an episode of BBC Newsnight featuring me...

June 13, 2014

ACE BBC FTW

So yesterday I was on the Jeremy Vine show. UK listeners can catch up on...

June 11, 2014

Media blitz

This blog is not dead. I've just been busy making some things happen in the...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

On mind-controlling cults, Fred Phelps, and Ockham Awards

I spent the weekend before last at QEDCon, a convention for people who like science...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

More Christians denounce Accelerated Christian Education

As you're no doubt bored of hearing, I was on BBC1's The Big Questions last week,...

March 17, 2014

More Christians denounce Accelerated Christian Education

As you're no doubt bored of hearing, I was on BBC1's The Big Questions last week,...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

A handy guide to ‘tough love’ teen reform homes

I spent some of 2013 collecting information about 'troubled teen' reform homes. These are usually...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

ACE: aiding and abetting child abusers

If you've been following my series on Christian reform homes, you'll have noticed the name...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

My meaningless diploma

I am proud to present this post by Anaïs Chartschenko. If you are likely to...

November 18, 2013

Children: Don’t believe a word

I've blogged before (more than once) about how ACE's policies put children at risk of...

November 11, 2013

Recovering from ACE

Lisa Kelly first commented on this blog mentioning that her bad experience of ACE had...

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