Friday, January 30, 2009

BBC NEWS | Education | Drunken sailors left out of rhyme

A nursery rhyme is rewritten to conform more closely to what is held to be more morally suitable and seemingly more protective of young children's sensibilities. BBC NEWS | Education | Drunken sailors left out of rhyme

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

BBC NEWS | Education | Childcare fees 'continue to rise'

The costs of childcare in England, Scotland and Wales are still rising according to a Daycare Trust survey. BBC NEWS | Education | Childcare fees 'continue to rise'

BBC NEWS | Education | Early phonics success 'may wane'

"Such slippage" as Sir Jim Rose puts it BBC NEWS | Education | Early phonics success 'may wane' is also down to the Hawthorne effect.