The Department of Education have just released the latest set of statistics on pupils achievement in Key Stage One assessments. The figures ...
Common Core Standards and Early Childhood
I was sitting in a meeting recently with a group educators and we were talking about the impact of the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS...
Child Abuse and Neglect in the UK Today
The NSPCC has just published a major new study into the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. The new report is the result of over 6000 in...
School Rules
A few slow news days so here's another retro educational film from the archives. This one is from 1953 and is entitled School Rules: How...
Education At A Glance 2011
One for the number crunchers today - the OECD has just published Education At A Glance 2011 , its annual report comparing a mass of informat...
Children's Well-Being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
A major new report from UNICEF has put the the issue of children's wellbeing in the UK under the microscope. It's not the first tim...
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
I have spent many years working on helping children be prepared for kindergarten. I have always thought that it was imperative that parent...
Effective Relationships with Vulnerable Parents
The Action for Children charity has published new research which examines how childcare professionals can develop effective relationships w...
Is it Legal? A Families' Guide to the Law
The Family and Parenting Institute has recently published the 4th edition of its booklet Is It Legal? A Families Guide to the Law . This co...
The Childcare Trap
Today the Daycare Trust publishes the results of a survey into childcare costs in the UK. Over 4000 parents were interviewed in spring this...
Good Practice in Autism Education
Features that represent 'good practice' in autism education have been identified in new research published by the Autism Education T...