The State of the World's Children

Today sees the publication of <i>The State of the World's Children 2013</i>, the latest annual edition of UNICEF's flagship report which examines key issues for children around the globe. The theme for this year's report is disability, and examines the barriers which can deprive children with disabilities of their rights and keep them from participating fully in society.<br /><br />You can read the full report by <a href="http://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/files/SWCR2013_ENG_Lo_res_24_Apr_2013.pdf" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. For further supporting documents and film clips you can visit the report's <a href="http://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/index.html" target="_blank">official site</a>, while access to previous year's reports is <a href="http://www.unicef.org/sowc/" target="_blank">available here</a>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oDepkMqy5PQ" width="420"></iframe>

The State of the World's Children

Today sees the publication of The State of the World's Children 2013 , the latest annual edition of UNICEF's flagship report which e...

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Phonics Screening Check

Some research for you literacy buffs today... The Department of Education has just released a series of documents evaluating the impact of the Phonics Screening Check. These include qualitative information about the check, as well as plenty of detailed statistics and tables which analyse its effectiveness. You can read all of the relevant reports from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-phonics-screening-check-first-interim-report" target="_blank">this link</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjej9Iu8FvFsuDloO6W8ppBC75C4nHmHpyph-CTs0-QorZcx5TImoc289ECms4YNluLyap5a88tKT5mHSGImjhVwE_SvEnLvnf_zdlUCYVsprs92vKTs4HPD_K40f_PWsbRlDFkOGYA/s1600/ChildReading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjej9Iu8FvFsuDloO6W8ppBC75C4nHmHpyph-CTs0-QorZcx5TImoc289ECms4YNluLyap5a88tKT5mHSGImjhVwE_SvEnLvnf_zdlUCYVsprs92vKTs4HPD_K40f_PWsbRlDFkOGYA/s200/ChildReading.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />

Phonics Screening Check

Some research for you literacy buffs today... The Department of Education has just released a series of documents evaluating the impact of t...

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