PRESS & MEDIA
Dads push for better paternity leave - Sky News
Research to improve home learning environment for young children backed by £32m Government fund - Nursery World
All Party Parliamentary Group for Early Education and Childcare closes after Conservative MP leaves - Nursery World
Why teachers need a better guide to speech and language support - Tes Magazine
Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals - BBC News
FEATURE STORIES
Early years pioneers, part 5: Lev Vygotsky and Jerome Bruner – How children learn - Nursery World
The ‘Wait Until Ready’ Approach to Potty Training Is Under Fire - Bloomsberg
The complex story behind rising suspensions in primary schools - Tes Magazine
Why are so many schools making children learn on screen? - The Guardian
English children more likely to own a phone than be "able to throw a ball" - Centre for Social Justice
RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY BRIEF: Knots in the continuum - the tangled perspectives of Early Childhood Education in England - Policy Brief
GUIDANCE: Safer Sleep, DfE with collaboration from the Lullaby Trust
RESEARCH: From teddies to tablets: New global research reveals that digital devices are being used to comfort babies and parents, 1001 Critical Days Foundation and iADDICT
REPORT: Building Strong Foundations for Life - OECD
WORKING PAPER: From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment - Centre on the Developing Child, University of Havard
BLOGS, WEBINARS & MORE
RESEARCH TRIAL: EEF and NFER are recruiting Reception classes for an effectiveness research trial assessing the impact of OxEd Whole Class and NELI starting Autumn 2026! – more information here
EVENT: Libraries Rising Hybrid Conference: Belonging from the Beginning, 12 May, Birmingham or option to join online.
EVENT: Nursery World's Big Day Out, 15 May, London
JOBS
Chief Executive - YMCA Derbyshire
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