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Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Years Teacher standards have a vital role in shaping the nature of the work that early years teachers will undertake and the training towards meeting those standards.

Will failed Montessori school take the advice it badly needs?

Opinion

Monday, July 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International's Barbara Isaacs explains why she is so frustrated by the failure of the first state-funded primary to adopt a whole-school Montessori approach

We are under assault

Opinion

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted's Michael Wilshaw has betrayed a fundamental ignorance of both early years and the noxious side effects of a testing culture, argues Dr Richard House

The Minister's View - Best start for all two-year-olds

Opinion

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss gives the Government's view of the importance of the two-year-olds programme

To the point - 'Man deserts' are mirage

Opinion

Friday, June 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Don't demonise single parent families, says Gingerbread's Fiona Weir

Too much on their plates?

Opinion

Thursday, June 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Let's get one thing out of the way first: I'm no expert on childcare. I've been following the debate on ratios with great interest, but my focus here is in one important part of childcare provision: food.

'Total' flexibility is the way to go

Opinion

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| Nursery World

Nursery manager James Boddey puts his case for charging by the hour as the best approach to making childcare affordable for all

'Just relax the ratios, turn on the tap and the children will come'

Opinion

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Perhaps Liz Truss could persuade the Treasury to adopt a novel form of quantitative easing, argues Ross Midgley - just print more children.

Does France really lead the way?

Opinion

Monday, May 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch finds elements of practice to question on a visit to French nurseries

To the point - Phased by fussiness?

Opinion

Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

By Annabel Karmel, author of books on nutrition and cooking for babies, children and families.

The importance of empathy

Opinion

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Like nursing, early years is a profession that demands compassion, says Dr Geoff Taggart

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

Viewpoint - Beyond Disneyfication

Opinion

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

I signed up to the campaign calling for an immediate end to all advertising aimed at young children not because I want to idealise childhood but because I worry that children's lives being imbued with products and brands has a negative impact on emotional and creative development, says Susie Orbach.

Do we really need Teach First for the early years?

Opinion

Friday, April 12, 2013

| Nursery World

John Wadsworth, Senior Lecturer in Education (Early Childhood) at Goldsmiths takes issue with the Government's latest proposal

Exclusive: Teach First will benefit under fives

Opinion

Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss, Education and Childcare Minister, explains why she believes Teach First can raise the quality of early education

'We cannot just borrow childcare policies from other countries'

Opinion

Monday, April 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Research shows that high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) improves children's life chances.

Editor's View - Policies that put the child's needs first

Opinion

Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Perhaps the most difficult subject of all for all of us involved in the early years sector is that of whether the youngest children should be in daycare at all.

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Opinion

Thursday, March 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group

Viewpoint: New Level 3 questions

Opinion

Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Will the new Early Years Educator qualifications be the modern equivalent of the NNEB?, asks Early Education

Looking for answers about 'More Great Childcare'

Opinion

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Leading experts from Early Education have some urgent questions about the Government's proposals for reform.

'As long as we're reading stories, chidren will be chanting "again", "again!"'

Opinion

Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Many parents and carers realise that children love to hear the same stories read again and again. What new research in this area uncovering, however, is why this is repetition is beneficial for learning.

'The link between the reforms and the roll-out of two-year-old places is not straightforward'

Opinion

Thursday, March 7, 2013

| Nursery World

What will be the impact of changes to ratios on Government plans to increase nursery places for disadvantaged two-year-olds? Ivonne Wollny of the Children and Young People Group at NatCen Social Research considers the evidence.

Exclusive: Why I believe we need to raise qualifications

Opinion

Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

At Ofsted, we recognise that early years really do count. We see on a daily basis the positive impact made by expert staff delivering high quality early years provision, especially to our most disadvantaged children.

Look to our past, not Europe

Opinion

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

We should remember past mistakes in early years policy when trying to move forward or our youngest children will be in inappropriate environments, say Karen Wickett and Dr Verity Campbell Barr, lecturers in Early Childhood Studies at Plymouth University

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

Opinion

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The agencies being introduced by the Children and Families Bill will support great childminders and encourage more to enter the profession, says Education Minister Elizabeth Truss

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Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Will failed Montessori school take the advice it badly needs?

We are under assault

The Minister's View - Best start for all two-year-olds

To the point - 'Man deserts' are mirage

Too much on their plates?

'Total' flexibility is the way to go

'Just relax the ratios, turn on the tap and the children will come'

Does France really lead the way?

To the point - Phased by fussiness?

The importance of empathy

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Viewpoint - Beyond Disneyfication

Do we really need Teach First for the early years?

Exclusive: Teach First will benefit under fives

'We cannot just borrow childcare policies from other countries'

Editor's View - Policies that put the child's needs first

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Viewpoint: New Level 3 questions

Looking for answers about 'More Great Childcare'

'As long as we're reading stories, chidren will be chanting "again", "again!"'

'The link between the reforms and the roll-out of two-year-old places is not straightforward'

Exclusive: Why I believe we need to raise qualifications

Look to our past, not Europe

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

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