Manchester Hosts Leading Education Show for Teachers, Parents and Carers  Event:             Special Needs North 2009 Date:               24 & 25 April 2009 Location:        Manchester Central (formerly known as GMEX)    Special Needs North 2009

Links here to Dougald Hine's own blog, his writing and a video about Ivan Illich. Those of you who are members of CPE-PEN will remember his recent PEN Journal article

What about the Children? Participation, Provision, Protection Title: Children as Citizens? Subtitle: International Voices In store from: March 2009. RRP: $45.00. ISBN 978 1 877372-62-9 Otago University Press Dunedin New Zealand The 20th anniversary of

AERO E-Newsletter 25th March 2009 http://www.educationrevolution.org/fre.html Contents: 1) Reactions to President Obama Speech on Education 2) Two Great New Alfie Kohn DVDs  No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning  Unconditional Parenting 3) Nel

A new article entitled ContactPoint is \"almost certainly illegal\" has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Informal learning could be a leveller for excluded groups Informal adult learning should target the socially excluded, and make the most of new technologies to level the learning playing

These Futurelab sessions are always thought provoking and push at the boundaries of mainstream eductaional thinking. The Future of Education: Research Discussion Day 10am - 4pm, Tuesday 19th May 2009 British

On Education 

Film made by Raja Mohanty. Education is all about controlling and shaping the minds of the young. A movie worth seeing for everyone interested in

From AERO's 9th March 2009 E-News AERO's New Website After months of planning AERO is proud to announce the launch of our newly re-designed website, www.EducationRevolution.org.  Please take the

A new article entitled EO Press Release: Petition Challenging Home Education Review in Top 50 on Downing St Site has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Schools on Report 23 April 2009, 11am - 1pm £99 plus VAT **Friends' rate £89.10 plus VAT A School Report Card: consultation document, jointly published by the DCSF and Ofsted, sets

From Germany Frank J Muller and the Definitely Inclusive group write 'We are trying to build an international database and discussion plattform for the various definitions of inclusion/inclusive education.

www.deafnessresearch.org.uk Inaugural Deafness Research UK conference on paediatric audiology Event to mark National Knowledge Week for Hearing 2009 Leading national charity Deafness Research UK is organising a groundbreaking children's audiology

OpenEYE consists of a unique and growing multi-disciplinary team of experts who have come together through a shared concern about Early Childhood in the UK. They have the

PEN Comment There are a number of interesting items from Antidote in this months E-News including: subscribe at  http://www.antidote.org.uk/   Devolving power, increasing diversity If you like the Cambridge Primary

  21st Century Schools      You will also be able to download a copy of this newsletter from the  website www.innovation-unit.co.uk. The Innovation Unit is working with WCL and Lewis Live

International Day Conference Jointly organised by IOE and The Open University CLARKE HALL, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1 Wednesday, 22nd April 2009 9:30 for 10-

A new article entitled Protecting the Virtual Child has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Pupils will never learn unless we make it fun Yes, children need literacy and numeracy, but they also need the space to socialise, run about, sing and engage with

Engaging parents is more than just informing them…. Calling Local Authority Advisers! New ‘FaceBook™’- style technology to help secondary schools meet Government targets for parental engagement Event: Local Authority Briefing

PEN Comment: We can have as many reviews and reports as we like but the default education remains. One or two key radical proposals could really change the

Where Does it Leave us Now - Polly Curtis, education editor The Guardian, Friday 20 February 2009     http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/20/primary-education-review PEN Comment: Polly rightly asks the question will it happen?

Briefing document: Towards a new curriculum: a report from the Cambridge Primary Review (PDF

The report presents the Review’s evidence on current arrangements together with proposals for the future. It is directed towards the longer term but is published now in order