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Co-Designers Return
For the first three weeks of this month myself, Hannah, Shawnee, Niamh, Matthew, Celia and intern James have been working in Lewisham, Bristol, and Knowsley. We have been working with young people and parents who live in these boroughs to design new services that will help NEET young people and parents who want to engage more in their children's education. We at Demos believe, and have been saying for quite a while, that people really can contribute to designing service solutions to the...
from : tomrichardson
26th July 2007
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Young people lose out in media coverage, survey finds - 25/06/2007 - Communitycare.co.uk - the websi
Less than 1 in 4 stories about young people in the national media are positive, according to a survey out today.
from : tomrichardson
25th June 2007
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Half school 'failures' are white working-class boys, says report | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co
White working class kids perform the worst in school. With 25% of state school pupils getting no more than D grade GCSEs it is easy to see why so many are out of work.
from : tomrichardson
22nd June 2007
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Tories to abolish Learning and Skills Council | Further | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Tories to abolish Learning and Skills Council | Further | EducationGuardian.co.uk
from : tomrichardson
14th June 2007
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Survey shows bullying rife in schools | Schools special reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Some 42% of children have been kicked, punched or hit at school, according to the results of a survey carried out by the children's charity the NSPCC, published today.
from : tomrichardson
21st May 2007
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Children face poverty, neglect and demonisation, commissioner warns | Society | SocietyGuardian.co.u
England is one of the worst countries in the developed world in which to be a child, the children's commissioner said today.
Sir Al Aynsley-Green said he was "angry" that adults frequently "demonise" children while vulnerable young people continue to die through poverty and neglect. And he warned of a "crisis at the heart of our society" in the way children are treated by adults.
from : tomrichardson
18th May 2007
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Brown backs work-related learning for teenagers | Schools special reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown has indicated that apprenticeships for teenagers and work-related learning for young people would flourish under his leadership.
The chancellor has thrown his weight behind existing government reforms aimed at preventing disaffected teenagers dropping out of school.
from : tomrichardson
18th May 2007
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End antisocial behaviour orders for children, says report on youth justice reform - 17/05/2007 - Com
Antisocial behaviour orders for children should be abolished as part a shake-up of the youth justice system, a report out today says.
The report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College, London calls for an “urgent” need for a new approach to children in trouble and sets out alternatives including an expansion of restorative justice programmes, where offenders meet victims face-to-face.
from : tomrichardson
18th May 2007
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Diplomas being introduced too fast, warn MPs | Schools special reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
MPs have criticised the way work-based courses are being introduced in schools and colleges in a report that questions whether new diplomas offered as alternatives to GCSEs and A-levels for 14 to 19-year-olds will be ready by September next year.
from : tomrichardson
18th May 2007
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Free music and sport after school pledged for poor pupils | Schools special reports | EducationGuard
An extra £217m for free music, sport and drama lessons for disadvantaged children after school and in holidays will be pledged today by Alan Johnson, the education secretary, as he promises a "bigger and bolder" assault on social injustice in Labour's second decade in office.
from : tomrichardson
18th May 2007
