News
All the information that I place on the Alliance website is there to make it available for advocates of children’s wellbeing, so they are easily able to access any information they may need. If you use this service, it would be helpful if you acknowledged the Alliance for Childhood website as your source. We would also welcome any additional information, news items or research. This is the news that came in during the last 6 months. Any older items are in the archive.
Christopher Clouder
Technology in schools: Is the clock being turned back?
Saturday 03. of July 2010By: Mike Baker
Is the government's attitude to computer technology in schools taking us back to a "dark age" of chalk-and-talk?
A fifth of children have no idea where they live - because they no longer walk to school
Tuesday 15. of June 2010By: Tamara Cohen
Being ferried around in the car by their parents has destroyed their local awareness and knowledge, a survey has found.
Curse of the screen: PCs 'dull children's brains and should be banned until nine
Tuesday 15. of June 2010By: Laura Clark
Early exposure to computer screens in schools and nurseries is threatening the development of a generation of young children, a top psychologist warns today.
Can a child be too young to learn to read?
Tuesday 15. of June 2010By: Sarah Ebner
Forget Sweden or Finland: how many English parents know that in Wales young children are following a play-based curriculum up until the age of 7? And there haven’t been any riots, yet.
Regular bedtime improves child development
Monday 14. of June 2010By: Nursing times
Children with a regular bedtime perform better in a range of developmental measures, US research has found.
A Place for Play
Sunday 13. of June 2010By: Lisa Guernsey
Why reading programs must combine playful learning with direct instruction
Teaching for toddlers shows no improvement over informal learning by age 5
Sunday 06. of June 2010By: Joanna Sugden
Children who learn to read from a very young age perform no better by the age of 5 than those who learn later. A government study indicates that billions of pounds spent on the “nappy curriculum” have failed to boost achievement.