Expert Comment
Allow children and young people to play and learn without being constrained by narrow stereotypes - expert comment
Dr Maria do Mar Pereira, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick, comments on children’s play and gender stereotyping in schools following the Church of England issuing new guidelines today.
Reading for pleasure falls after primary school years - expert comment
Only one-third of teenage boys in the UK say they enjoy reading, a study by the National Literacy Trust suggests. Dr Richard Smith isn't convinced.
Why more grammar schools won't improve social mobility
The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, says she wants England's schools, including a new generation of grammars, to do more to help "ordinary working families". However Georgina Newton, from the University's Centre for Professional Education argues that more grammar schools isn't the answer.
Compulsory sex education in schools "crystallises contemporary safeguarding, educational and social aspects of children’s lives"
Dr Michael Wyness, Associate Professor in the University of Warwick's Centre for Education studies, comments on today's news that sex and relationships education is to be made compulsory in schools.
UK still lags behind Canada and Australia in reading gap
The reading gap between most and least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia, according to new research from the Sutton Trust. The University of Warwick's Gerard Sharpling discusses the findings.