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Disabled children do matter

12/2/2011 4:47 AM EST  -   The Economic and Social Research Council
Many disabled children fail to reach their full potential because they continue to be marginalised in schools, health and social care, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

"We found that disabled children often experience discrimination, exclusion and even violence," say Professor Dan Goodley and Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole, who implemented the study at the Manchester...

100,000 children and young people could be hospitalised due to self-harm by 2020...

12/1/2011 7:00 PM EST  -   YoungMinds
By 2020, 100,000 children and young people could be hospitalised each year because of self-harm according to the figures revealed by the UK’s leading children and young people’s mental health charity, YoungMinds.

The figures obtained in a parliamentary question by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson reveal that in England:

· Over the last ten years inpatient admissions for young people have increased by 68% due to...
Sanborn Regional High School's Lubi Solar Collector
 

New Hampshire School Signs World's First Solar Hot Air Power Purchase Agreement ...

11/29/2011 10:00 AM EST  -   JPF Communications
With no capital investment, Sanborn Reg. H.S. saves $17,000, cuts CO2 emissions by 48 tons and displaces 13,500 gal. of fuel oil yearly.
KINGSTON, N.H.–Solyndra and other troubled, taxpayer-funded solar electric companies might have momentarily derailed the green movement's progress this year, but a solar hot air collector will be working wonders at Sanborn Regional High School.

Installed this month and funded...
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EdRover Declares December “Shop for Schools Month”

11/21/2011 2:50 PM EST  -   edRover
Mobile app allows consumers to support schools while shopping for the holidays
(LOS ANGELES, CA – November 21, 2011) – Friday officially launches the holiday shopping season, but consumers now have the opportunity to get more bang for every buck by making purchases from retailers that donate to education. EdRover™, the nation’s first mobile app that partners businesses with education,...

‘Is our target driven school system damaging children’s wellbeing?’ asks YoungMi...

11/7/2011 9:00 PM EST  -   YoungMinds
Today (Tuesday 8th November) the YoungMinds Annual Debate will examine whether our target driven school system is damaging children’s mental health and wellbeing.

The evening will also see the launch of YoungMinds in Schools – a two year programme funded by the Department for Education aiming to improve the outcomes for children and young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.

YoungMinds...

UK schools turn to pioneering Australian computer program to boost literacy and ...

2/5/2011 7:37 PM EST  -   Media Intelligence Partners Ltd
Release date: Sunday 6th February 2011
Release time: Immediate
• Ground-breaking educational tool identifies each student’s needs in numeracy and literacy to allow students to succeed and reach full potential.

British schools are turning to an Australian online testing and teaching package to boost standards of literacy and numeracy. The program, which automatically tests pupils and then devises lessons...
Breakfast Topped Bread
 

Shake Up Your Wake Up With Farmhouse Breakfast Week 23 - 29 January 2011

1/12/2011 7:23 AM EST  -   Ceres Partnership
It’s time we all started the day the right way, with a quick and easy healthy balanced breakfast. The twelfth annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week is being rejuvenated for 2011 with a new theme “Shake Up Your Wake Up”. Organisers HGCA are challenging the one in four breakfast skippers(1) to rethink their morning routine and start the day the right way, with breakfast. As the most important meal of the day it need only...

NCFE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE

9/28/2010 10:52 AM EST  -   Adessi
Leading national qualification provider NCFE is paving the way in Foundation Learning by making bright futures and promising careers accessible to more students.

Through a specially developed suite of qualifications, NCFE is raising the participation and engagement of students through Entry Level and Level 1 learning.

Foundation Learning (FL) was created in response to growing concerns about the number of learners...

NEW LOGISTICS QUALIFICATIONS LAUNCHED BY NCFE

9/28/2010 10:00 AM EST  -   Adessi
Leading national qualification provider NCFE is helping keep the country moving with a new suite of logistics qualifications.


NCFE now offers Level 3 NVQ (National Qualifications Framework) in Logistics Management Operations, aimed at people looking to develop their knowledge of logistics management, improve their career prospects, or progress to further training.


Chief Executive of NCFE, David Grailey, said:...

Dad Test Audit Helps Organisations Reach More Family Men

8/11/2010 7:04 AM EST  -   Adessi
A unique programme designed to help organisations improve the services they offer to family men is being launched across the country this month after a successful pilot.

The Dad Test Audit from Fathers Plus helps nurseries, schools, childcare providers and Children’s Centres show how effective they are in meeting the needs of male carers.

The audit gives organisations a structured, fast and cost-effective way of...