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Professor John Raven’s latest paper published last month is well worth reading: Some criminal (if not yet criminalised) misapplications of “science”, logic, and power, illustrated from the field of early childhood education From pages 5/6: “How does it come about Read More …
Professor John Raven’s latest paper outlines his observations derived from 60 years in educational research. Gap? What Gap? [See also ‘Nuggets’ extracted from the article] Abstract In this paper I show that the main problems faced by the educational system Read More …
Re-blogged This pearl of stupidity recently arrived in my inbox, courtesy of Children & Young People Now, who promote conferences for rentseekers: Intervening early with children, young people and families to tackle the root causes of social problems is vital Read More …
By Sheila Struthers (first published on SubRosa blog, 11 December 2010) Early intervention and universal surveillance: “the sort of thing Hitler talked about” Tony Blair on early intervention, identifying tomorrow’s “problems“ in the womb. Chilling stuff. ‘This one about identifying Read More …
By Elaine From a report in the Evening Standard: Poverty report targets early years (quoting ‘poverty tsar’ Frank Field MP). Government action to tackle poverty should focus on supporting children during the first five years of their lives, the Labour MP commissioned by Read More …
