First Publication | Rick Maese | Washington Post | 21 November 2015 Republication | the guardian Abstract | The educational model is broken, Spurlock says, and the key to fixing it is applying some of the most basic...
Read MoreShelter Policy Blog | 1 November 2015 100,000 children will be homeless this Christmas. Thankfully, you won’t see them on the streets. Councils have a duty to find children that have nowhere to live somewhere to...
Read MoreFamily Childcare Trust conference | Department for Education and Sam Gyimah MP Delivered:4 December 2015 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Abstract: 30 hours eligibility There...
Read MoreQuartz | Frida Garza | December 01, 2015 This is Mark Zuckerberg’s letter announcing the birth of his daughter, Max—and a $45 billion charity pledge Abstract: Technology can’t solve problems by...
Read Morethe conversation | Craig Blewett | 2 December 2015 A recent report on media use reveals that teens are now spending more hours consuming media than sleeping. The average American teenager is spending about nine hours a day on...
Read MoreBBC News | Kevin Rawlinson | 2 December 2015 Google collects schoolchildren’s personal data, including internet searches, a civil liberties group says. In a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the...
Read MoreChildren’s Food Trust | 2 December 2015 This white paper, ‘Child obesity: their lives in our hands’, also recommends: a ban on junk food advertising on TV before 9pm; more local public health investment in...
Read MoreOpen Letter from ‘activematters’, highlighting issues with and in response to the House of Commons Health Committee | Childhood obesity — brave and bold action | First Report of Session 2015-2016 Whilst...
Read MoreThe independent | Chris Askew | 30 November 2015 The Government has come under increasing pressure to implement a tax on sugar sweetened soft drinks to combat rising levels of obesity. The Government agency Public Health...
Read MoreThe conversation | Jane Martin | 30 November 2015 For the first time in history, Australian children could live shorter lives than their parents. The reason? High rates of excess weight and obesity. Despite mounting evidence...
Read MoreBHF National Centre | Evidence Briefing | December 2015 To increase physical activity levels in this age group, the evidence suggests that training early years practitioners to promote physical activity in their setting...
Read MoreHouse of Commons Health Committee | First Report of Session 2015–16 | November 30 2015 The recommendations are: Strong controls on price promotions of unhealthy food and drink Tougher controls on marketing and...
Read MoreHouse of Commons Health Committee | First Report of Session 2015–16 | November 30 2015 The scale and consequences of childhood obesity demand bold and urgent action from Government. We urge the Prime Minister to make...
Read MoreBBC News | Nick Triggle Health correspondent | 30 November 2015 A tax on sugary drinks should be introduced as part of a “bold and urgent” set of measures to tackle child obesity in England, MPs say. The...
Read Morewww.parliament.uk | Pre-school Education: Staff:Written question – 15624 Asked by Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | 9 November 2015 Department for Education | Pre-school Education: Staff...
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