The first stage of compulsory education, including the adoption of basic lifetime skills like reading, writing, spelling, interpersonal communication and concentration
The ethical practices, dilemmas and challenges of classroom research involving child language learners are the focus of a book edited by Dr Annamaria Pinter of the University of Warwick and Dr Harry Kuchah of the University of Leeds. Ethical and … Continue reading Research practices with child language learners
Children eating hot meals provided by a community kitchen (Copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud, CC BY 2.0) Continue reading Free school meals ‘could help child brain development’
To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal life would be like sugar-coating its impact on the world. From fetching groceries and essential supplies to socialising with your loved ones – routine and mundane activities have found new meaning. … Continue reading How the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming education
A bilingual Montessori school in San Diego, in the USA, is offering in-person learning and building emotional tools for their pre-schoolers through Kindergarteners aged 18 months thru six years old. Their efforts are guiding their students and families to manage … Continue reading Giving children the tools to combat emotional concerns
High absenteeism and failing grades have plagued high schools during the past 10 months of distance learning, yet many educators are still unclear about how instruction models and delivery methods need to change. “Many schools have chosen to either fail students or simply pass them through to the next grade,” points out Dr. Caprice Young, national superintendent for Learn4Life. “Both responses fail to acknowledge that no one is at fault for the crises we are experiencing. Flunking students who either lack the technology or the ability to learn while attending hours of online classes isn’t fair. Those students didn’t fail … Continue reading A call for clarity as students struggle to meet standards
Children’s reading charity BookTrust and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) recently called on the publishing industry and those who work with children’s books to improve the representation of characters in children’s books and of the authors and … Continue reading Society still misrepresented in children’s books
To support its local community during the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical and practice management software company Experity has offered free storage to the Harlem Consolidated School District. The 5,000 square foot space at Experity’s Machesney Park headquarters will allow schools in … Continue reading COVID-19-compliant classrooms offered by Experity in Rockford
Online donations poured in throughout August 2020 during PEMCO Mutual Insurance’s third-annual Supply Surge, resulting in more than 160,000 individual school supplies donated to support homeless and underserved students across Washington. The 2020 Supply Surge, hosted by the Seattle-based insurer, … Continue reading Supply surge helps Washington’s underserved elementary students
Schools across England can use their apprenticeship levy to cover the cost of National Professional Qualification (NPQ) leadership development programmes for middle and senior leaders. The July 2020 appointment of Best Practice Network (BPN) as an approved provider of apprenticeship … Continue reading Schools can fund NPQs through apprenticeship levy
Dr Andrew Croft 