Futurelab’s conference, this year entitled ‘Challenging Learner Voice: are we really empowering learners?’ will take place on 23 October at Warwick University Conference Park. This one-day conference offers the

Greenbacks for Grades: Schools Use Material Rewards as Incentive. Cash and prizes boost student performance - but is the means worth the ends? by Fran Smith.

Thanks to Gordon Hall for the following conference reminder Schoolhouse. Learning without Limits. International Conference to Celebrate freedom in Education 12th September,  Webster Memorial Theatre,  Arbroath   Might we remind you of

Children should have a say in their mental health treatment, say 97 % of professionals, parents and young people in a YoungMinds poll - yet feed back from

Wellbeing: 'A contented state of being happy, healthy and prosperous'. It's something we all aspire to, but how often do we consider the impact that 'wellbeing' has on people's

School of Everything continues to go from strength to strength. Please support their network. Here is the August news Hard at work No school holidays at Everything HQ - we're

Edutopia News flags up an article by Ed Stoddard of Reuters: Corporal Punishment Seen Rife in U.S. Schools. More than 200,000 children were hit as punishment in U.S. schools

What's Next 2008: Ten Predictions for the Future of Public Education. Edutopia predicts: What's in store for the coming school year. by Jennifer Foote Sweeney.

Jessica Shepherd writes (The Guardian, Tuesday August 19 2008) an interesting article referring to a new study 'How Children Learn at Home' by Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison

A competency curriculum that develops the PLTS - 18 September 2008 in London.   http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/events/ Capturing hearts and minds through implementing SEAL - 17 October 2008 in Northampton.

The Journal, 'Home Education' is the only independent home education journal aimed at home educators, academics and education professionals alike. With over one third of local authorities subscribing

Despite the publicity around the current credit crunch, prospective university students remain unaware of the basic costs of living, and lack information and guidance about how to manage

PEN comment: as usual a great range of activity from Futurelab. Good to see some familiar faces at the Challenging Learner Voice Conference.   Million Futures: what are your hopes

Conservative Education and Skills Policy: The State of Play Campaign for Learning 19 Buckingham Street London WC2N 6EF 9-Sep-2008 National Policy Seminar (South) Campaign for Learning 19 Buckingham Street London

Promoting Pupil Wellbeing: A DCSF Consultation. 19 September 2008 Forthcoming policy event on Promoting Pupil Wellbeing: A DCSF Consultation. At the launch last month of the consultation into the

Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org   Court Reverses, Declares Homeschooling Legal in California A California court Friday reversed its previous ruling and decided that most forms of homeschooling are legal. -- USA

The UK’s largest ever survey of student finance, published today on Push.co.uk reveals that students who started at university last year can expect to owe over £17,500 by

Voice your opinion on children’s mental health- join YoungMinds national advisory panel Very Important Kids   This September YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity is searching for 15, 5-25 year

A new article entitled Initial thoughts on Children Missing Education Consultation has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

The 12th annual international Montessori Foundation & The International Montessori Council conference will be held in St. Petersburg, Florida USA from October 30 through November 2nd. The full conference

Preparations are underway for Kick It Out's 'One Game, One Community' weeks of action, one of the country's largest community engagement and equality initiatives.   During the period, this year

Thanks to Alan Clawley for the following review:  Thomas, Alan and Pattison, Harriet, “How Children Learn at Home” (Continuum, 2008. ISBN: 9780826479990) This is a welcome addition to the growing body

This release is available at: http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=9533     The Kids Are Alright! Annual Realtime Generation Survey Reveals 13 - 17 Year Olds Are Tech Savvy, Secure And Demanding * Social 'not' working - Majority

Skomer Island turns high tech to beam wildlife into classrooms and across the world Schoolchildren can now get a close up experience of the wildlife on Skomer Island without