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Should we train for life or for Tesco?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009
    • | CYP Now
First we had the concept of McJobs and now we have the possibility of Tescolifications. The Most Admired Business Leader of 2005, the chief executive of Tesco Sir Terry Leahy has waded into the contemporary education debate.

Cuts could enhance joint working

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The party conference season is over and national politics is destined for a surreal few months in the run-up to the general election. Expect plenty more short-term children's policy announcements - some even eye- catching - as the main parties try to outmanoeuvre each other to strike a popular chord. Politics in Westminster will become increasingly sensationalised and polarised.

Focus of spending must be balanced

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's official: the UK spends more money on child welfare and education than the average market economy. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report out last week, we spend just over 90,000 per child from birth to 18 compared to an OECD average among 30 member countries of just under 80,000.

Why earning doesn't live up to learning

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
There is a growing tension between political exhortations to young people to study longer and harder and young people's own experiences of disappointment and frustration about the pay-off from that investment.

Policy into practice - Extracurricular activities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Demonstrating soft skills, such as decision making, relationship building, problem solving and teamwork, can really help to boost a young person's employment prospects. Former Health Secretary Alan Milburn's recent report into social mobility says that in order to help narrow the attainment gap between young people from different social backgrounds, schools should provide a range of extracurricular activities.

The next commissioner needs bite

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has fired the starting gun to recruit a children's commissioner for England to succeed Sir Al Aynsley-Green early next year.

Youth employment is key to revival

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The outstandingly depressing budget of 2009 has left children's services in limbo, braced for the tightest of public spending squeezes and a likely change of government.

Super-size kids vs super-size nannyism

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    • | CYP Now
We've all got our memories, rarely charitable, of school dinners. We've probably also got our memories of how we dodged the stodge, with or without our parents' consent. I saved for my first guitar by doing without for a term. I am not quite sure what I actually lived on.

Policy into practice Litter and recycling

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: April is traditionally time for a thorough spring clean. But with mounting landfills it is important to look for environmentally friendly ways of parting with our rubbish.

Policy into practice Learning outside the classroom

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Despite research which shows that a varied, adventurous approach to teaching stimulates different senses and can enhance young people's learning, most young people's educational experiences remain confined to the classroom.

What we need is a trusting society, Darling

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
    • | CYP Now
"What I want to avoid is getting ourselves in a position governments have done in the past where you face an immediate problem and cut back on things the country will need in the future," Chancellor Alistair Darling said last weekend.

Tory policy still needs some improvements

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2008
    • | CYP Now
There is a very real prospect that the next government will be a Conservative one. So it's encouraging that apart from the small matter of a global economic crisis, issues affecting children, young people and families took centre stage at the party's annual conference this week.

Commissioner for Wales is up to the challenge

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008
    • | CYP Now
It was an "exceedingly drawn-out" appointments process, according to one Welsh politician. But Keith Towler came through the interviews, both with young people and politicians, to secure the position of children's commissioner for Wales, just under a year after the untimely death of his predecessor Peter Clarke.

Editorial: Inherent dangers lurk in staying safe plan

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
    • | CYP Now
With the publication of the Staying Safe Action Plan last week, the government has been at pains not to be seen to wrap children up in cotton wool. In presentation terms, the document's front cover depicts children happily participating in watersports, climbing and running. Meanwhile, the Department for Children, Schools and Families' press notice on the safety plan leads heavily on the proposal to encourage teachers to take pupils on outdoor school trips by providing advice and diminishing bureaucracy.

Editorial: Commercialism is damaging childhood

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007
    • | CYP Now
With the festive season upon us, and the avalanche of consumerism it brings, it is timely that the government's 10-year Children's Plan should include an inquiry into the impact of commercialisation on children's wellbeing.

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