BBC News | Judith Burns | Education reporter | 11 May 2016 Too many British pupils are trying to learn in classrooms which are damaging their health and education, say architects. And too many teachers are quitting, blaming...
Read MoreEconomic Studies at Brookings | April 2016 Executive Summary | In the United States, public policy and expenditure intended to improve the prospects of children from low-income families have focused on better preparing children...
Read MoreHSCIC | 28 April 2016 Key facts In 2014/15, more than 1 in 5 children in Reception, and 1 in 3 children in Year 6 were measured as obese or overweight. Children in most deprived areas are twice as likely to be obese than...
Read MoreBBC News | Sean Coughlan Education correspondent | 3 May 2016 Parents are threatening to keep their children off school for the day in a protest about primary tests in England. More than 40,000 parents have signed a...
Read MoreBBC News | Hannah Richardson, Education Reporter | 29 April 2016 The testing regime for primary schools in England is in chaos and distracting to pupils, says the National Association of Head Teachers. Heads gathering for...
Read MoreAustrialian Goverment Productivity Commission | April 2016 The Australian Government is committed to working collaboratively with the states and territories to build a world-class education system that equips children to succeed...
Read MoreAbstract from | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 Background School health promotion has been shown to improve the lifestyle of students, but it remains unclear whether school-based...
Read MoreThis working paper was first published in April 2016 by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education and University College London Participating in organised sports and joining after school...
Read MorePublished in The Conversation | written by Joshua Cowen. Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Michigan State University | April 20 2016 activematters comment | The parallels’ between the push for academies in the UK and...
Read MoreBBC News | Judith Burns, Education reporter | 20th April 2016 Nearly 750 childcare providers say they fear being put out of business by government plans to double free hours, says the Pre-school Learning Alliance. In 2017, free...
Read MoreBBC News |Education & Family | 20 April 2016 Poorer primary children who had taken part in after-school clubs were found to get better results at age 11 than peers from similar homes who had not. The Nuffield...
Read MoreBBC News | Hannah Richardson – education and social affairs reporter The UK is lagging behind other rich countries on reducing inequalities between rich and poor children, a Unicef report says. The UN body set up to...
Read MoreBBC News | Sean Coughlan | Education correspondent | 8 April 2016 Baseline tests for reception pupils in England are not reliable enough to measure progress this year, says a study for the Department for Education. The...
Read MoreSave the Children | Published 2016 | Jerome Finnegan, with support from Kayte Lawton How parents, carers and nurseries support children’s brain development in the first five years From birth to age two the...
Read MoreCross-party move against England’s academy schools plan Leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat groups in the Local Government Association have combined to oppose plans to force all English schools to...
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