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Damages to hurt pupils is ‘immoral’
Mirror,
27 September 2010
Cash payments to 10 children a week for injuries at school were slammed as "immoral" yesterday.
‘Ten pupils a week winning injury payouts from school accidents’
Metro,
26 September 2010
Ten children are winning thousands of pounds in payouts from the public purse every week over accidents at school, new figures show.
Shoesmith to give evidence to inquiry
Guardian,
10 September 2010
Former Haringey director of children's services will appear before meeting of education select committee next week. By Patrick Butler.
What happened in Calgary schoolyard was shocking, horrible…and not true
National Post,
7 September 2010
Reports of an attack on a 12-year-old girl behind a Calgary school turned out not to be true, police say. By Ted Rhodes.
Fears fester on the rural margins
The Australian,
30 August 2010
By Sally Neighbour.
The great myth of me-time
The Times (London),
16 February 2010
Exhausted mothers’ quest for time out is a symptom of our exacting parenting culture. This half term we need to get the balance back into family life. By Jennie Bristow.
Poor parenting ‘blamed for all’
BBC News Online,
16 February 2010
The politicisation of parenting is damaging family relations and education, an academic has warned. By Hannah Richardson, BBC News education and family reporter.
Teachers get lessons in body language
Daily Telegraph,
13 February 2010
School teachers have been told to copy the gestures of their pupils in a bid to get children to like them. By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent.
A five-point programme for policy on education: how do policymakers, parents and teachers fit in?
University of Kent,
28 January 2010
At the British Library on 16 February, Professor Frank Furedi, author of Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating, set out five key ideas for rescuing education in the twenty-first century.
Review by Alan Ryan
Times Higher Education,
7 January 2010
Wasted: Why Education Isn’t Educating, by Frank Furedi.
Review by John Green
Morning Star,
4 January 2010
Wasted: Why Education Isn’t Educating, by Frank Furedi.
Out with the Aughts: When there’s nothing left to fear
Kelowna.com,
25 December 2009
More than 500 years ago, European explorers sailed into the dark and temperamental ocean, embracing uncertainty in the hopes of turning the unknown into the known.
It’s time to take risks with our children
The Times Alpha Mummy,
2 December 2009
By Jennifer Howze.
So many weird lessons, yet so little time for proper teaching
Observer,
29 November 2009
The government wants to warn children about domestic violence. It would be best to teach them to read and write. By Catherine Bennett.
Schools vet parents for Christmas festivities
Sunday Times,
29 November 2009
Details will be checked against a database of people banned from working with children for sex offences and for other reasons.
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