Most of the new schools needed will be primary schools.
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Inner-city parents in urban redevelopment zones are the most likely to have problems getting their children into a government school.
Does the diversity of your local school reflect your local area?
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Rather than being microcosms of the community, schools are increasingly divided by class and ethnicity.
Understand what’s going in their little heads.
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Understand what’s going on in your child’s brain and it could help your parenting.
Language learning is not a passive process in which children simply absorb and copy their parents.
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Children don’t learn all aspects of language from their parents, but invent a language structure themselves.
Cameron has insisted his parenting programmes are the revival of the ‘nanny state’.
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The history of the government’s push for parenting classes.
Pregnant women in three Australian cities are not told that lead exposure during pregnancy is linked to miscarriage and early delivery.
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Parents in three Australian states are being given misleading advice about the dangers of lead to babies and small children – including failing to warn pregnant women about miscarriage risks.
It’s not always a bad thing to lie to your kids.
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Stories about Santa can help to develop imagination, so there’s nothing wrong with bringing a little joyful magic into your child’s life.
Only at Eton: the Eton Wall Game.
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It’s not just about passing exams – parents are paying for their children to be ‘people smart’.
How much parent involvement is “just right?”
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Do expectations about the “right” parent involvement take into account America’s large diversity?
Having tough conversations with kids is important. How you do it is even more crucial.
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How best do we teach our kids that the world is not always as we’d like it to be? The ‘when’ can be out of parents’ control, but there are parts of the ‘how’ that are more manageable.
It’s time to pick up that favourite book and get reading.
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A selection of some of the best books to share between children and parents on the topic of family and friends.
Why do we tell stories?
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Want to build resilience in children? Tell them family stories of courage.
Make sure parents are paying attention too.
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The schools inspectorate has moved away from judging schools on how their engagement with parents impacts on children’s achievement. What a shame.
More than a third of school principals have suffered physical violence from parents and students.
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School principals are experiencing increasing levels of violence and threats from students and parents. What needs to change?
Sometimes the most useful strategy is to avoid exposure in the first place.
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Footage of wars, bombings and shootings can traumatise children. Here’s how parents can help them cope with distressing content.
When parents are stressed about maths, their children can develop the same negative feelings towards the subject.
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Research shows that reading stories with a maths focus can boost grades and also help parents become less anxious about discussing maths.
When Mum is the teacher.
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Children educated at home by their parents are not on a register, nor subject to an annual visit.
Parents can help their children learn new words by reading their favourite books aloud.
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While it can be painfully repetitive to adults, re-reading your child’s favourite book aloud can help boost their vocabulary and fluency.
Time to take a break from studying?
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A fortnight of exams in year 12 can be a stressful time for students. Here’s some tips for parents on how to take control of exam stress.
The pressure is on not to fall behind early.
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Five percent of seven-year-olds are having some kind of extra tuition. Why?