'Victims of more serious crimes should be considered far more than at present. The current system is a disgrace and it has not given Lisa justice' Geoffrey Potts, father of nursery nurse Lisa Potts,...
Early years managers will find a research project's guide to be an invaluable source of inspiration. Mary Evans reports The must-have accessory for effective early years managers this spring is not a...
Could I have free education? I have worked since leaving school, despite having two children and am now having to pay hundreds of pounds to gain higher education qualifications. Giving teenage mothers...
'When Roy Hattersley famously failed to appear on "Have I Got News For You?", he was replaced by a tub of lard. What would be a suitable stand-in for Charles Clarke at future NUT conferences?' Letter...
'Venison burgers are the healthy alternative to a Big Mac, and I would rather that Scottish kids eat the food of the McDonalds than the food from McDonald's.' Fergus Ewing of the SNPon the move to...
'The Revenue seems to be making it up as it goes along. This huge new system has been brought in without really being properly thought through' Richard Mannion, head of tax at accountants Solomon...
'Whatever the underlying cause - poverty, lack of parental interest, failure to take truancy seriously - this remains a shocking story. Considering how widespread truancy is, we could be seeing...
'Children will say, "Ha ha ha, you can't hit me because it's against the law". But children are dependent on their parents and to hit is an abusive power. There may well be cheek and taunting, but...
'Feeling the squeeze' (Special Report, 29 July) raised a number of issues for me. The article does imply that keeping the Early Years Partnerships as a requirement with clearly defined targets is...
Childcare has become a major political issue in Ireland in recent weeks after the Fianna Fail-led government suffered two by-election defeats in the greater Dublin area, where it emerged as a major...