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Issue 7.04

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The Proof, Promise and Potential of Digital Education

Schools have spent in excess of £1.4bn on digital technology, with little evidence about the impact on learning, according to this new report by Nesta. It says technology has the potential to transform education for the better when it is combined with effective teaching practices. But too often technologies have been imported into classrooms without the necessary changes to teacher practice and school organisation to support them. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04 (76)

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The Case Against Deregulation And Demand-Led Funding In Childcare

Despite major advances over the last 15 years, childcare in the UK is more expensive and or more variable in quality than in many other European countries. This is especially problematic given the potential of good childcare to overcome early childhood disadvantage and enable parental employment. This IPPR report recommends that the UK looks to Denmark rather than the Netherlands as an example of how our childcare system should be funded and developed. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04(76)

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What Is The Research Evidence On Writing?

This Department for Education paper reports on the statistics and research evidence on writing both in and out of school, covering pupils in primary and secondary schools. Overall, the evidence indicates that although there has been an improvement in pupils’ achievement in writing, it is the subject where pupils perform less well compared to reading, mathematics and science. In addition, there is a gender gap with girls outperforming boys in all Key Stages. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04 (76)

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Child Development And The Impact Of Maltreatment

This research by the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre aims to bring together key research evidence to facilitate understanding among professionals working in the family justice system in areas relating to: neuroscience perspectives on children’s cognitive, social and emotional development; the implications of maltreatment on childhood and adulthood wellbeing; evidence concerning the outcomes of interventions by the courts and children’s social care; and timeframes for intervening and why they are out of kilter with those for children. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04 (76)

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Children And Young People’s Views On Independent Visitors

This Independent visitors report by Ofsted and the Children’s Rights Director documents children in care’s views and experiences of having an independent visitor, as well as their views about not being offered one. Although children living in children’s homes were the most likely to have an independent visitor, the majority didn’t have one. The most usual reason for not having an independent visitor is that one was never offered. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04 (76)

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The Back On Track Alternative Provision Pilots

This report sets out the findings from research into the Back on Track alternative provision pilots. These projects stemmed from a commitment in the 2008 White Paper, Back on Track: A strategy for modernising alternative provision for young people, to transform the quality of alternative education for those who are excluded from, or who for some other reason are unable to attend school. Leadership Briefing issue 7.04 (76)

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