Montessori teaching attracts a wave of career-changers -

Montessori teaching as career of the future, or at least of the recession. But is it really Montessori teaching or is it the "flexible" training and hope that the work conditions are good (as opposed to a real attraction to Montessori itself)? All of the above?

Educational Quality in First Grade. The Elementary School Journal 109, no 4

Researchers analyzed 800+ U.S. first grade (year one) classrooms to assess quality. The study developed a typology of first grades correlating teacher, child and school characteristics. This typology would seem to be helpful for opening scholarly discussion on the (heretofore neglected) subject. The study's findings, though sobering, are not completely unexpected: most first-grades were not found to be high in quality.

BBC NEWS | Wales | Wales childhood | Adults prefer their own childhood

Welsh adults think childhood has deteriorated since they were children. BBC NEWS | Wales | Wales childhood | Adults prefer their own childhood