Bullying ‘still a big problem’
Bullying is still a major problem in schools and is something that needs to be strictly addressed, one expert has suggested. Peter Bradley, deputy director of Kidscape, a charity dedicated […]
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Teaching standards ‘should be improved’
Teaching standards in schools need to be significantly improved, according to one expert. The Campaign for Real Education, an initiative formed in 1987 to press for higher standards and more […]
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More parents than ever ‘enjoy reading to children’
Parents who read to their children have said that it is the highlight of their day, according to a recent survey. A study for the reading scheme Booktime suggested that […]
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Younger student ‘mistaken to be less intelligent’
August-born children are being mistaken as incompetent in comparison to their peers, an expert has suggested. The Good Schools Guide has spoken out following a report from the Institute for […]
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OpCartel takes to Twitter to threaten Zetas
Mexico's drug gangs are taking to blogs and social networking sites to incite fear and control, it has been reported. Global hacker group Anonymous, which has been using video streaming […]
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Key gang member ‘is arrested in Tijuana’
A key figure in the Mexican drug wars has been caught by officials, latest reports show. Captured at the border city of Tijuana, Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha, 34, marks a […]
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Get London Reading ‘to help 1,500 pupils’
A campaign to tackle the problems facing the one in four children who cannot read when leaving school has tipped the £250,000 mark. More than 1,500 pupils will get a […]
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Technology ‘could boost literacy skills’
Technology is beneficial for improving literacy skills, according to one expert. Child and educational psychologist Teresa Bliss suggested it is inevitable that children today will use technological equipment to boost […]
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Schools should teach a healthy lifestyle, study says
Children should be taught about healthy eating and nutrition in school as part of an initiative to fight obesity, one study finds. Lynn Walters, founder and executive director of the […]
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