Dr. Rebecca English is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology. She is a researcher, teacher and mother whose work is concerned with parenting and education. She has an interest in the ways parents make choices for their children that align with their beliefs about family, parenting and other factors. Her particular interest is in the choice of non-mainstream education, especially democratic schools and home education and how these choices affect children’s experience of agency and autonomy.