Children Webmag Jan 2009: In This Issue

The theme for January is Training and Education, and we have articles by Maureen O’Hagan, Valerie Jackson and Wanda Gibson, as well as the Editorial. Keith White’s column also focuses on education, while both the Key Texts digested by Robert Shaw have strong training links – the Castle Priory Report and a paper by Karen … Read more

News Views

Including missing children, maths teaching and motivation, abuse at Caldicott School, play, two re-organisations – social services and primary schooling and Eleanor Simmonds

Children’s Rights : Quid pro Quo

There are old people alive now who, when they were young, knew old people who were alive when the Mines Act was passed in 1842 and children were banned from working in the pits in Britain.It is not distant history, yet an enormous amount has happened since then to improve the lives of children. Compulsory … Read more

News Views

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including men in childcare, confidentiality, Andrew Rowe, Barack Obama, bullying, Court fees, demonising young people, involving young people, push-chairs, reading to children, NCB, libraries, unannounced inspections and absconding

Nov 2008- In This Issue

The main theme for this month is Child Care History, to celebrate the founding of the Child Care History Network. There are articles about Jonas Hanway, David Wills on Homer Lane, Anton TobĂ© on the VJK, the Curtis Committee and the founding of the CCHN, as well as the Editorial. Read about the pioneers, and … Read more