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‘Report cards’ on schools help parents
The Times (London), 9 December 2008
The Schools Secretary said report cards, modelled on a New York system, aims to cut 'detective work' that parents do.

Traditional subjects go in schools shake-up
The Times (London), 8 December 2008
Traditional subjects such as history, geography and religious studies will be removed from the primary school curriculum and merged into a “human, social and environmental” learning programme as part of a series of radical education reforms.

Are we too afraid of touch?
The Sunday Times, 7 December 2008
Our aversion to innocent physical contact has gone a touch too far. By Julia Neuberger.

Are one in 10 children REALLY being abused? Huge doubts over major new study.
Daily Mail, 4 December 2008
At least a million British children suffer some kind of abuse each year, according to disputed research.

Staff ‘too timid’ on child abuse
BBC News, 3 December 2008
Professionals must not be too reluctant to remove children from abusive parents, a group of experts has said.

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