Effects of child-caregiver ratio on interactions between caregivers and children in childcare centers: an experimental study In this Dutch study 217 caregivers from 64 childcare centres were observed...
'The standards have been developed from the point of view of those actually using the services. They will help children, young people and their families to choose services and understand what to...
'We also see the harmonising tendency in the politics of envy: English teachers want the Scottish 35-hour week, English students want tuition fees abolished. With these demands pressing on the...
'A society lurching from negligence to excessive caution has rarely seemed so fearful of malign influences, ranging from predatory strangers to supposed agents of corruption lurking in every sitting...
'Sporting icons have a duty to use their status to promote healthy lifestyles and positive messages. What we have with England is exactly the opposite.' David Hinchliffe, chair of the health select...
Visual points of interest encourage children's physical skills, as long as you don't overload them, says Jennie Lindon Babies, toddlers and very young children need an environment that is visually...
'Nigel de Gruchy, general secretary of the NASUWT, totally refuted the absurd allegation in the 16 November Times Educational Supplement that he had equated classroom assistants to "pig-ignorant...
Young children facing traumatic upheaval at home after the divorce or separation of their parents are often more ready to express their feelings in actions rather than by talking to adults, according...
'Championing social inclusion yet denying asylum-seeking children access to local nurseries and schools is both morally and intellectually confusing'' Bill Morris, general secretary of the TGWU,...
'Then Estelle Morris declared a further change of mind. As perfect an example of "order, counter-order, disorder" as you could wish for' Leader in the TES on the Government's decision to let new...