News Archive
Testing blamed for rise in primary school truancy
Friday 22. of September 2006By: The Independent
Truancy rates have soared to a record level, government figures show. A total of 1,399,197 pupils, one in five of all state school children, skipped lessons last year a rise of 433,797 in 10 years.
Breast milk is key weapon in fight to lower Africa's child mortality rate
Friday 22. of September 2006By: The Independent
The lives of a million babies could be saved every year by the simplest and most natural remedy of them all - breast-feeding.
School Uniformity
Friday 22. of September 2006By: The Ecologist online
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates
Today's different kind of child's play causes concern
Tuesday 26. of September 2006By: News-Press.com
These are hard times for child's play: Testing pressures have squeezed much of the play out of kindergarten, according to many activists and researchers. And those pressures are even trickling down to preschools.
Childcare is ‘harmful for the very young’
Tuesday 26. of September 2006By: London Evening Standard
Government minister Beverley Hughes sparked a row today after she said that putting very young children in childcare is not in their best interests.
Hands in Peace Movement
Wednesday 27. of September 2006By: Peter Reeve
Here described is more about the ‘Hands in Peace’ movement which mainly is for children from areas of tension in the world. It is not a political movement, but the people who instigated are decidedly green-minded. Few of them are...
Test-free system 'gives children a better start in life'
Friday 29. of September 2006By: The Times
Pupils who learn at their own pace in Montessori schools may have an advantage over those in traditional classrooms