Category Archives: MEDIA COVERAGE
Vote: Should there be more Formal Testing of children at Nursery?
Vote: Should there be more formal testing of children at nursery? Sir Michael Wilshaw (Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted) and Dr Richard House (senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, University of Winchester) set out their case for and against – … Continue reading
BBC report: Flexible school starts urged for summer-born children
BBC News education reporter Hannah Richardson published this article on June 14, 2013: BBC: Flexible school starts urged for summer-born children
Fighting for Flexibility
2013 June article: Fighting for Flexibility by PM Hull (published in Under 5s magazine)
American Pre-School President Supports Parents’ Choice
This week in an interview on the ABC News website, Dana Vela, president of Sunrise Preschools in Arizona, says: “The reasons parents choose to redshirt their child vary, depending on the child’s emotional, social and academic readiness to join school.“
The Scandal of the Summer Born
The June 2013 edition of the Early Years Educator Magazine carries this Opinion article, which the EYE publishers have kindly given us permission to post here: The Scandal of the Summer Born – by Richard House and Stefan Richter
Summer Born are Stymied from the Start
Dr Richard House, from the Department of Education Studies, at the University of Winchester, has had the letter below published in the TES magazine website today:
National Children’s Day UK – May 15th
The first National Children’s Day is being celebrated today – Celebrating the Rights and Freedoms of Children – by organisers savechildhood.net (read more in this Nursery World article). “Childhood is precious. It creates the values, mindsets and dispositions that determine … Continue reading
Setting our Children up for Failure Before Compulsory School Age
This is a must-watch video, and explains the sheer level of assessment that is now taking place in Reception Classes throughout the country.
Summer born discussion on BBC Radio Ulster today
The BBC radio programme Talkback, today discussed the subject of allowing a flexible school start for summer born children. Guests included the ParentsOutloud campaigner Liz Fawcett, and the Education Minister, who has promised to at least consider the possibility (see press release for more … Continue reading
Changing Education Paradigms
Fellow campaigner Stefan Richter told me about this video; it contains part of a presentation by Sir Ken Robinson and includes an observation that is very relevant to summer born children: ““We still educate children by batches… we put them through … Continue reading
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