News Archive

The Economic Benefits of High-Quality Early Childhood Programs: What Makes the Difference?

By: Committee on Economic Development

Research study from the Families and Work Institute

New Report on Educational Media for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

By: The Kaiser Family Foundation

In recent years, there has been a big increase in new electronic media products for very young children, including those as young as one month old. A driving force behind this new market is the advertising and package labeling...

Call to Action on the Education of Young Children

By: Alliance for Childhood - USA

WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED that current trends in early education, fueled by political pressure, are leading to an emphasis on unproven methods of academic instruction and unreliable standardized testing that can undermine learning...

Will babies face testing times?

By: BBC News - Mike Baker

So will toddlers be taught "to speak by state diktat"? Will babies of 18 months face exams in reading and writing? Will nursery schools and childminders be competing in league tables?

True crime: Sats are killing our stories

By: The Guardian

What exactly is going on with the national literacy strategy? Though thousands of pounds have been spent on it, and thousands of teaching hours devoted to it, leading children's authors believe it is turning children off reading.

The Creative Power of Boredom

By: The Green Parent - Issue six - Aug/Sept 05

When I examined myself, and my methods of thought, I came to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

As we need empty spaces in our cities so...

Educational toys? An old box teaches just as much

By: The Guardian - Amelia Hill

Children can learn just as much from playing with shoeboxes, car keys and saucepans as they can from toys sold as 'educational'.