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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.

Vocational routes will prove their worth

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 23, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The face of education is changing. This is the first year that pupils starting secondary school will have to stay in education for a year longer than their predecessors.

Traveller families require mobile solutions

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Traveller children in the UK are among the most disadvantaged of all groups. In terms of education, Ofsted estimates up to 12,000 teenagers from Traveller families are not enrolled in school. For those who do attend, the picture is far from perfect.

Family involvement helps bring reading to life

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Literacy is core to the curriculum and we all know the ability to read and write is an essential part of life. But, according to the National Literacy Trust, one in five people in the UK struggle with these skills.

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.

Education is what they need to kick the drugs

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Teenagers' temptation to experiment with drugs is on the rise. According to the Department of Health, back in 1998, 29 per cent of 15-year-old boys and 1.5 per cent of 11-year-olds were found to have used drugs over the course of the year. Fast-forward to 2005 (the department's latest available figures) and those numbers swell to 34 per cent and six per cent respectively.

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.

Lifelong learning may not be for everyone

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2007
    • | CYP Now
The European Union, through its 2000 "Lisbon strategy", aspires to make Europe the most advanced knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. It is an aspiration premised upon the extension and expansion of education or, to be more precise, "lifelong learning".

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