Parenting news: archive
Pre-school literacy targets: ‘too ambitious’
The Times (London), 22 May 2008
Experts on government policy for the under-5s are demanding radical changes to literacy targets for pre-school children.
Censors go online to clean up digital videos
The Times (London), 22 May 2008
The hitherto lawless world of online entertainment has began to adopt the same ratings system that governs British cinemas.
Neglect charges after child dies
The Times (London), 22 May 2008
A man and a woman have been charged with neglect after the death of a 7-year-old girl that has shocked neighbours.
Pupils may face urine test
The Times (London), 22 May 2008
Report says that students may need to face tests as cognition-enhancing drugs become more widely used.
Jersey children were dismembered and burnt
The Times (London), 22 May 2008
Police reveal that the number of people suspected of involvement in child abuse in former home has increased from 40 to 70.
The babysitter from cyberspace
The Times (London), 20 May 2008
Imagine the terror at leaving my child in the care of an internet nanny. By Chris Ayres in LA.
The phone for six-year-olds
The Times (London), 20 May 2008
Hello Kitty mobile phones will hit the high street in July, sparking further fears over marketing of phones for children.
Praying for good results
The Times (London), 20 May 2008
Students are being offered online prayers to cope with exam stress.
School standards have stalled, says Ofsted
The Times (London), 20 May 2008
The Chief Inspector of Schools fears that the attainment gap between rich and poor shows no signs of closing.
‘Paedophile scares are always driven by the elite’
spiked, 19 May 2008
As the Jersey children’s home ‘bone’ turns out to be a piece of coconut, Richard Webster tells spiked the case reveals much about moral panics. By Brendan O’Neill.
High price to pay for youth’s folly
The Times (London), 19 May 2008
Images of dying young people don't change behaviour; and leave behind an undignified memory. By Carol Sarler.
Parents to get power to call in school inspectors
The Times (London), 19 May 2008
New reforms will enable parents to instigate an Ofsted inspection of a school if they feel that teachers are falling short.
Bridge the class chasm in schooling
The Times (London), 19 May 2008
Independent schools should set up many more free academies; and we'd all share the benefit. By Anthony Seldon.
Eton opens its doors to state-school pupils
The Times (London), 19 May 2008
Eton College is to throw open its classroom doors to state school pupils under a partnership designed to raise standards.
The queen feminist thinking twice about employing young women
Sunday Times (London), 18 May 2008
Rosie Boycott fights for women’s rights but also runs a business and says the plan to extend flexi-work for parents is ruinous.
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